We are so blessed to have this partnership in the gospel with you. The Lord continues to do more than we ask or imagine. Thank you for your love, prayers, and support. May God bless your 2015 immensely. Here is our report. Keep fired up!!! We are very excited to see God giving growth to His church. Barbara decided to be baptized into Christ on the first Sunday of the New Year. She had been thinking about it and communicated to us that she was ready. We ask you to be praying for her and Deborah in their new walk in Christ. It is a blessing to see the girls growing, and even more now growing in Christ. Robison and Lisiane, a couple which started through the couple s ministry, were baptized into Christ at the beginning of the New Year in Viamao. They sent me a very gracious message thanking for the Bible studies we had and communicating the Word of God to them. They will be attending in Viamao and continue studies with brothers from there. Melissa, from the church in Novo Hamburgo, was baptized into Christ at the end of the year. Praise God!
The church was involved in end of year events for the couple s ministry and women s ministry. A special Christmas lunch at Zona Sul and Christ supper at Agronomia was a great way to end the year in fellowship. It was truly a blessing to see what God has done throughout the year. This time was used to allow the ministries to show what they had been doing throughout the year. It is great to see so many being involved and really taking the leadership roles. We were also blessed to host the family of Leonel and Vanete while they were here to visit and work for the Kingdom. Leonel was invited to teach a series in Novo Hamburgo for the weekend about Living Christianity. It was a blessed time. He also preached here in Agronomia on Sunday night. He used the week to visit family and brothers and sisters in Christ. It was the first time for Paulo, who now is married to Lillian, to visit the city and he loved the opportunity to be here. Diego was also very happy to visit for it had been almos three
years since the last time he was able to visit. Continue praying for them as they continue to preach the Word of God in Campo Grande. We are excited to see the youth also with a heart to serve. They did a campaign for clothes in the time of winter and for toys for Christmas for an orphanage located in Guaiba, which is on the other side of the river from Porto Alegre. Our family decided to stay at home this year to celebrate Christmas and the New Year. Ju and the girls did a wonderful job of making and cooking food and I did eating. It truly was a blessed time and we were very thankful to the Lord for watching over us for the year and pray His guidance in this New Year. For New Year s Simone and Julio
came over to celebrate with us since Marcio and Gabriela were visiting his mother who is sick and advanced stage of cancer. Continue praying for this very special couple. We were blessed to go to Caxias where the Lord gave me the opportunity to preach. Rui and Nadia were in Belo Horizonte with her parents. The church continues to grow and the Lord has blessed with immigrants from Haiti and Ghana that are living and working in Caxias do Sul. It was a great joy to spend the last Sunday of the year with the brothers from Caxias. Continue praying for them as they continue to grow in the Lord and the work that Rui and Nadia are doing in this city that needs the gospel. One of the brothers translates the message into the French language.
We pray that you re the year 2015 will be a blessing for each one of you. We are thankful that the Lord has given us the partnership and blessed to see Him working in the congregations here in Rio Grande do Sul. We ask your prayers as we continue to spread the Word of God here in Rio Grande do sul and other places in Brazil. God bless you for your prayers, love, and support! Keep fired up, your missionaries, Mark, Ju, Deborah, Barbara White Sponsoring: Daingerfield Church of Christ PO Box 779 Daingerfield, TX 75638 C/o Brazil Mission Phone: 903-645-2896