November 26, 2003

More Good News from Brazil

As I mentioned before, while I am not able to be in Brazil, I have taken it upon myself to share with you some of the things God is doing there by way of prayer letters I get from some of the missionaries serving there. What follows is from a letter I received today from Jim Leonard, who has been published before in this blog. He mentions several items of praise, some of which I have listed below:

- The twelve students who will be graduating this Friday from our Bible College (pictured below). We will also be graduating 15 students from the Basic Bible Program in our Petrolina extension 200 miles to the south.

- Sixty one (61) religious pilgrims, from six different states, received Jesus as Savior during our evangelistic campaign at the beginning of the month. These pilgrims, in hopes of gaining salvation, came to Juazeiro to worship Padre Cicero (a long-dead priest), and went home with the certainty of eternal life through Jesus Christ. 152 others signed up for our Bible Correspondence course.

-The inauguration of a new church building on top of mountain last weekend. Our family, along with Greg and Pam Kruger, felt like we stepped back 100 years in time as we traveled 90 minutes through the forest to this area. We took with us 21 new benches which the Krugers had made. As the service started at 6:30 p.m. the place began to fill. Though the region seemed very sparsely populated, over 150 people came in from all directions. Most of these are very poor people who survive by gathering fruits, nuts, leaves, and wood in the forest. Two young people responded to the invitation for salvation, bringing the number of believers to thirty in that congregation.

What an exciting time for ministry in Brazil. Lord willing, we will be a part of it soon.

Posted by Andrew on November 26, 2003 1:12 PM.