Many years ago, while I was out learning how to be a “missionary”, Deanna was kind of sad some days to have to stay home and look after our small children. One day a stranger knocked on our door. “Hi. My name is Elba. I wonder if you need help? I am 16 years old. I just moved to this big city of Santarem and want to work my way through high school.” A year later Elba moved with us and the Campos family to pioneer the beginnings of this church-planting movement in Altamira and to work her way through Grade 12. After Bible School in Southern Brazil Elba moved back to Altamira to open a training center, marry Steve and become a senior church pastor. She is now, along with Clenildo Campos, among the five national co-ordinators for the Vineyard Brasil. Elba and Clenildo are responsible for all the churches in Northern Brazil, including us in Marabá. This week-end Elba is speaking at the Vineyard National Women’s Conference in Chicago. So…the result of Deanna’s faithfulness with our family and with Elba is bearing tremendous rewards in God’s economy.

Please pray for Elba this week-end in Chicago, and for Steve, Camily and Alyssa who remained home in Altamira.

Here is a clip from the online advertisements for the conference in Chicago.