Dear Fellow Prayer Warriors,

We praise God that we can kneel together with you, thanking and requesting our heavenly Father for this upcoming training. This is for church planting, discipleship, and leadership training through storytelling. What a blessing that God has enabled me to finish translating the video text and written materials into Portuguese and to have made one revision! This is the initial training and is with two Christian men who work for us here and with who I am developing a close friendship. They are Antonio & Moniz, who started a church together several years ago. Their wives and Melissa will also be attending. The training is planned to be from 8 am - Noon, Monday through Thursday, including breakfast, a snack, and lunch. This is laying the groundwork for training of a larger group I hope to give in January. Please pray for the spiritual protection of all involved in this training. The wife of one has been having nightmares lately - she grew up with a mother who is a witch-doctor. Peace in relationships has been threatened. We do sense the battle around us! May we be victorious warriors. As a followup to the training, from October 7 - 11, some of us plan on visiting a couple remote churches that have been started similarly and are expanding, to see what the Lord might want done to strengthen them and to spur on church planting efforts. Please pray for physical strength, for wisdom in all relationships, insight into God's Word and Ways in a different culture, and that people see Christ through us.

Hugs,
Daniel & Melissa
with Elijah & Esther

Isaiah 45:23-24a I have sworn by Myself, The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance. They will say of Me, 'Only in the LORD are righteousness and strength.'