Please watch this short video of the testimonies of the youth in our
church in Maraba. We are so grateful for how God is working in the
lives of people in our neighborhood. It is very difficult for me to
watch this video without weeping because of God’s mercy and love.
During one of the first week-ends of this year we planned a spiritual
retreat. Thirteen leaders came from Altamira to help. From Friday to
Sunday the guys sought God in one camp while the girls sought God
another camp. The retreat involved silence, teaching, repentance, good
food, tears and joy. At the Sunday church service we asked if anyone
wanted to share what God had done in their lives.
Video in English (6 minutes):
Video em Portuguese (9 minutos):
This is our most important video to date. It captures the process of
God transforming lives.
After the mountaintop experience we all returned to the where we live
everyday. What the video does not show is the homes these kids returned
to. One boy’s dad stabbed his mother before Christmas. She blocked the
knife with her arm, so the knife cut right through her forearm. Another
girl’s brother was shot and killed a few doors from our house, while
she and many of this group were practicing the Christmas play. Other of
these youth need to stay awake all night on party nights to protect
their younger siblings from their mom’s drunken boyfriend and his
friends. But things look different now. (Interesting to me, these
disfunctional parents are just big, broken kids themselves. They
welcome us into their homes. We’re becoming friends. Their own stories
tear you up).
Please pray for Dianne, Jobel, Romulo, ZeZinho, Yara, big Luanna,
little Luanna, Anni, Via, Emma, JohnLennon, Maico, Adriana, Sarah,
Pablo, Marques, Kayele, Aline, Bruno, Sammi, Fransisco and Barbara, to
name a few. They are at a very tender place in their spiritual lives.
The devil would love to take them out, but greater is He who is in us
than He who is in the world. These are becoming the pillars of the
Maraba church.
And please don’t forget to pray for Ivanildo and Monica, who work with
us. They do a large percentage of the day to day pastoring, along with
Deanna, Anni, Via and Emma. Bella and I play support and coaching
roles. We appreciate your prayers too.
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