Our big news this week, as a family, is that we purchased and drove

home the 2008 Toyota, diesel 4×4 truck. We had an old 1997 Mitsubishi

gas truck that has cost us a lot of money over the years. We’ve had to

rebuild the engine 2 times, replace the clutch, the compressor, which

has cost us thousands of dollars. We drove it to Belem

mid-December. It overheated and needs a head gasket. It’s still there

and still getting repaired.

This Toyota we just bought has only 83,000 kilometers and should run for

years without repairs. May people helped with donations, prayers,

encouragement, and support. Thank you. This truck will be used in

Maraba and out of town to plant churches. Deanna will be able to use it

for medical needs and going to the clinics and hospitals. I look

forward to travelling to other mission bases and churches, and to

travelling on the secondary roads outside of Marabá, where we plan to

plant churches. This truck will serve us well in the city and along the

rough interior roads, and along the trans-amazon highway.