I went to Cajazeiras this past weekend to teach a class on God's plan of salvation. The church is small in number and growing both spiritually and numerically. The class started Friday night; it went on Saturday afternoon and night and ended with a class Sunday morning before the church meeting. I also interviewed Café, Leila, 4 girls and 3 boys from the Right Step program, the main evangelistic thrust in the city. This program helps underprivileged families with their children in school, on the soccer field, in their homes, and most importantly in their personal lives.
Please pray for Café, Leila, and their four daughters. They are the only family working full-time with this program and are feeling the weight of visiting and caring for 93 boys, girls, and their families. Please pray that God may send another couple to this city to help His Kingdom grow in and around Cajazeiras.
On a side note, we read 2 chapters of Ruth while on our 7-hour trip, studying for the Bible Cup in João Pessoa. It is good for all of us to have time and an incentive to study God's Word. Here is a picture of Nicholas, my son, reading while on the road.
Cubati
On our way back from Cajazeiras, we stopped in Cubati to visit Afonso and Vânia. The church in this city has only 4 members. Afonso and Vânia pray for God to bring more to Christ as they visit others and show faithfulness to God. Growth is coming slowly but surely. There were 10 at the Sunday church meeting, not including my family. Afonso is a man of perseverance and wisdom, and he is always seeking to grow in his knowledge of the Word to live, teach, and to know God better.
Please pray for Afonso and Vânia, that Christ's love through them will reach this city of over 6,000 inhabitants.
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