Got back.

Well we had an awesome trip. After 5 days and 1300 miles we made it back. All went well and over 200 people recieved eather medical or dental treatment. Many also were given New Testaments and Bibles after being introduced to the Gospel. As the verse clearly says,

"By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
John 13:35 NASB

Francis Shaffer, in his book "The Mark of a Christian", said that this verse is what Jesus left for those of the world to judge if are His indeed!
Another verse that sobers me up many times to the need to love others is,

"If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen."
1John 4:20 NASB

In all these trips a part of a serman I heard always comes to mind.

"We have got to lay our lives down for the pourposes of God. This is not a Sunday School Picnic the Church of Jesus Christ. This is not an invitation to have continual good times. This is a war for the souls of men!" P. Carter Conlon

We must remenber ourselves that while our lives are going well so many athers are looked in the bonds of slavery to sin. Desperate to find the true water to relieve them of their unquenched thrist.

Let us be on the alert for the opportunities God will send our way!

People wait to be treated...

4 Doctors and 4 Dentist went on this trip.

Before...

After...

One happy patient!

Next week's trip.

Next week I will be helping coordinate and drive the bus on a 5 day mission trip.

It is mostly a medical assistance trip since 4 doctors and 4 dentist are going along. We will though be giving out Bibles in the rural area and doing evangelizm.

Your prayers are a big need!

1-Safety

2-Families that stay behind

3-That the seed of the Gospel will find good ground.

May

The month of may is being dedicated to:
a- Getting Moody trainning up to date.
b- Organizing legal paperwork for the Salvation Express.
c- Working on the preperation for Junes trip.

All is going well. I was able to purchase and recieve all the Moody material for this year. That was a great blessing given the uncertanty of the mail system in Brazil!
The trip in the begining of June will be a quick one taking Doctors, Dentist, an evangelizm team and a team from the Brazilian Bible Society.
We were able to get a family picture this week. Had to bribe the youngest kids with buble gum! All went well and after some very tense moments all was over! The result can be seen above. I asked the photo tech to put Clint Eastwoods face over mine but Telma did not permit it.

Latest Trip.

All packed for a 16 hour trip!
Town of Virgem da Lapa (Virgen of the stone deck)

Small Catholic Church used for Bible Studies.

Childrens Activities.

Telma giving Bible Study.

Marcos and a Local Friend.

Garlic Merchants.

Local art.

Brume sales!

Meat Market on Saturday.


We got back from our trip yesterday, other than the flu all went well! Our three goals were to take musical instruments, Telma give Bible Studies and I help the staff of a local organization as they begin their walk with the Lord and survey this area for a possible move next year.

The Instruments we took will be used in a local Organization called Sheeps Fold. They take care of many poor children in the rural area of the town we visited. These instruments will be used for music classes and Bible Studies as well.

Telma was able to visit 12 small villages in 5 days and share the Gospel with groups of teens and women who hunger for hope and guidance in these distant communities ( some up to 30 miles on dirt roads).

I took care of the boys while also helping the staff of this organization we assist in planning for various projects and in sharing the Gospel.

As for the possible move to this area next year we feel that much could be done by the Salvation Express there. One more town is being considered but the purchase of a boat to assist the river bank population is a pivot point for it.

Anyways, thanks for your prayers!!!

Last minute trip.

We are heading up north some 500miles this saturday. One of the Organizatins we help up north recieved a grant to purchase musical instruments and we were able to get them down here for half price of what they would of payed up there.
Telma and the boys are going along. We will be travelling in our car. Just this week I was able to get an awesome rack to put on top of it making this trip possible. Telma and I will be also giving Bible studies in rural communites and continuing the irrigation project we started up there last trip. We will be up there for 7 days. This area is one of the ones we might move to next year.
Please pray that we will have a safe trip and that the word of God would penetrate the hearts of these folks.
Thanks!!!

Back from Trip.

Evangelizm through clowns and puppets

Drip irrigation for family gardens.

To the ends of the earth.

We made it back Saturday after 18 hours on the road. All went well and the team that went felt that the job was well done. We had twelve participants divided into 5 teams ( drama, puppets, clowns, irrigation and donation distribution). God protected us and blessed us so that the results were great. All areas that were visited were rural and very poor.

Another big piece of good news is that the Brazilian Bible Society has renewed their partnership with us for another year. This is great since their donations of Bibles has blessed many folks that live in the areas we have visited.

Thanks for your prayers!!!

Trip underway!!!

Dear friends Matheus and I leave today on a 7 day trip 1300kms up north to take Bibles, clothing, food, drip irrigation and best of all 4 evangelism teams. Please pray for us as we travel and in all the activities we will be taking part in up there. This area has not had consistent rain for the past 8 months!
Please pray for the wives that stay behind and tend for our families while we are gone. It is always a tough task for them.
God is good and we are sure that His care will be with us in every way no matter what!
Praise God!
Thanks for your prayers!!!

March Trip

From the 12th to the 20th of March we will be heading up north to a area called Jequitinhonha Valley. We are taking a truckload of clothing, 2 evangelism teams ( 1 with puppets the other one a drama team) and an irrigation expert! The clothing will be seperated by a Organization that helps poor families in the rural area. The evangelism teams will be visiting schools out in the rural areas and doing evangelism and the Irrigation expert will be helping set up an drip irrigation system that is gravity feed! All of this will only be successful with your prayers!!! So please pray!

These are the new headquarters of the Salvation Express. We are finally getting finished up moving in. The move was right on time since we are recieving many donations and our other storage, a two car garage, was to small. In this warehouse we are able to not only store donations and have our offices but also park the bus and up to 4 cars inside! We are also having weekely Bible studies for non-christians. We call it a non-religious Bible study. Our goal is to present the Gospel pure and simple from the Bible. It has been a big success with up to 10 non-christians attending, and these are male adults, a real miracle!
Thanks for your prayers and remenber that they are the biggest blessing you can give us!

New office!

We are busy moving into the new headquarters for the Salvation Express. Our old garage simply got to small for all the donations we have recieved and there was the desperate need to have the bus in a covered storage area.
We were able to find a big storage building in which we will be able to put the bus, donations our offices and have weekly public Bible studies.
Last week and this week are being dedicated to this move. God really opened up the doors and gave us an awesome building for a good price!
Max and Matheus re-start brazilian school today.