Friday, March 17, 2006
Blumenau
Tomorrow we hope to go to Blumenau, to support the group there.
Belo Horizonte
On Thursday next, 23rd March, we will fly, God Willing, to Belo Horizonte for another training module. This time the activities are as follows:
Thursday:
Travel
Friday:
Andrew working on the Apostolic Preaching in Acts with the young pastors.
Friday evening:
Andrew preach at Sexta Jovem - the meeting for young people at First Presbyterian.
Saturday:
Andrew working on the Apostolic Preaching in Acts with the young pastors.
Cora Training Day for Women on Teaching the Kingdom of God to Children
Sunday:
Andrew preach morning and evening at First Presbyterian - perhaps twice in the morning.
Monday:
Travel home to Florianópolis - Andrew take IBE class at night.
The programme is heavy - please pray for effective ministry throughout.
We will be staying with Charley and Céia, but we hope to meet up with Rodrigo and Lívia, the couple who have been our main contacts at First Presbyterian and who are hoping to go to the UK and stay in Haywards Heath while doing the Cornhill Training Course. Which leads on to a prayer request for them...
Rodrigo and Lívia
(Couple from Belo Horizonte )
It is now a very long time since Rod and Lív re-applied for their visa and they have heard nothing at from the British Consulate. Hardly surprisingly, they are at the end of their tether, not only with the wait, but with the sense of uselessness, having handed over many aspects of ministry in Brazil. If they do not hear within the next week or so, all hopes of doing the course will be abandoned. Please pray for them.
We understand that Brazil is the country with the largest number of citizens currently being refused entry to the UK. This reflects in part the large number of Brazilians who for one reason or another want to be in the UK, but it is also somewhat surprising given the global terrorism tensions and so forth. It shows that refusal of entry is still a fundamentally economic decision, rather than security based.
Geraldo and Simone
Last night we went out for a pizza with Geraldo and Simone - our first chance to talk personally with them, without other relatives present, since Helvécio's death. We had a very good deep talk - please continue to pray for them, especially this Saturday, when the family will be together again, and Simone hopes to share more of the gospel with her sisters.
Tomorrow we hope to go to Blumenau, to support the group there.
Belo Horizonte
On Thursday next, 23rd March, we will fly, God Willing, to Belo Horizonte for another training module. This time the activities are as follows:
Thursday:
Travel
Friday:
Andrew working on the Apostolic Preaching in Acts with the young pastors.
Friday evening:
Andrew preach at Sexta Jovem - the meeting for young people at First Presbyterian.
Saturday:
Andrew working on the Apostolic Preaching in Acts with the young pastors.
Cora Training Day for Women on Teaching the Kingdom of God to Children
Sunday:
Andrew preach morning and evening at First Presbyterian - perhaps twice in the morning.
Monday:
Travel home to Florianópolis - Andrew take IBE class at night.
The programme is heavy - please pray for effective ministry throughout.
We will be staying with Charley and Céia, but we hope to meet up with Rodrigo and Lívia, the couple who have been our main contacts at First Presbyterian and who are hoping to go to the UK and stay in Haywards Heath while doing the Cornhill Training Course. Which leads on to a prayer request for them...
Rodrigo and Lívia
(Couple from Belo Horizonte )
It is now a very long time since Rod and Lív re-applied for their visa and they have heard nothing at from the British Consulate. Hardly surprisingly, they are at the end of their tether, not only with the wait, but with the sense of uselessness, having handed over many aspects of ministry in Brazil. If they do not hear within the next week or so, all hopes of doing the course will be abandoned. Please pray for them.
We understand that Brazil is the country with the largest number of citizens currently being refused entry to the UK. This reflects in part the large number of Brazilians who for one reason or another want to be in the UK, but it is also somewhat surprising given the global terrorism tensions and so forth. It shows that refusal of entry is still a fundamentally economic decision, rather than security based.
Geraldo and Simone
Last night we went out for a pizza with Geraldo and Simone - our first chance to talk personally with them, without other relatives present, since Helvécio's death. We had a very good deep talk - please continue to pray for them, especially this Saturday, when the family will be together again, and Simone hopes to share more of the gospel with her sisters.
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