Thursday, July 7, 2011

coppel trip day 1

We're here! Everyone arrived safetly in Brazil with all luggage. PRAISE GOD! We boarded the boat about
 
3:30pm Tuesday and enjoyed a sweet time of fellowship and worship with our Brazilian brothers and sisters in
 
Christ. Everyone has settled into boat life wonderfully, including all the 'rookies' and everyone is well and
 
rested. We arrived at our first village, Terra Nova (New Land), late yesterday afternoon which was much earlier
 
than expected. We were able to set up medical, dental, VBS and hair ministries quickly and had 1 evangelism
 
team take the speed boat down river to tell neighboring villages we were here. Even tho it was a short
 
afternoon of ministry, God had clearly prepared hearts and enabled us to show the villagers His love and
 
concern for them.
 
The village we are at is the village where Pastor Nema lives -- Pastor Nema is our Coppell Bible Fellowship
 
missionary on the Amazon. It was an overwhelming and unspeakable joy to see him again after 5 years but
 
even more joyous to see how God is working thru him and his ministry in this area of the river and growing His
 
Kingdom through this humble servant.
 
It's now Thursday morning and all ministries will be in full swing today in Terra Nova. We are expecting several
 
other surrounding villages to make their way here and we look forward with great anticipation to ministiring to
 
them.
 
We continue to covet your prayers for us and this trip! Our love to everyone.
 
Coppell Bible Fellowship trip

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