God's Work in Brazil

I had the privilege of going to Campinas, Brazil in October to do missions work. I have heard a couple of small reports but finally got a report from the pastor of the lead church. It is a small church (about 60-65 in a worship service) in a predominantly Catholic region. Let me share with you the email from Pastor Gomez:

"November was a good month to our church. We had many people that received the Bible coming to the service. We had a couple who received the Bible, come to the church and accepted Jesus as Saviour. They told me that want be baptized soon. We distributed 25,000 Bibles in our city, and every week we have somebody asking more Bibles. We thank very much Dr. Purtle and the churches that helped us giving so many bibles to the people. Because of this work, in January we will have five to be baptized. Tomorrow we will have a special program about Christmas.By now we are beginning studies in some homes, teaching them the Word. In some homes we have six peoples studying the Bible. We ask you to pray for us to do this work each week. I thank you the monthly offering you send to my support. God bless you. Pray for us. Pray God bless our work in this big mission field."

Praise the Lord for His work in Brazil. It's great to know when you plant a seed God is the one who makes it grow. We never know the impact we can have through the smallest of things. Below is a picture of me & Pastor Gomez while I was in Brazil.