Update #3 from Brazil

Well, somebody was praying - and I know it was you guys praying as well as us here. And the Lord heard us all!!

This is the most amazing thing. We think it was 13 people that accepted Christ tonight, but it was hard to get the count before they started moving away with the counselors. It was a short session at their home church. Most of them are regulars to this Monday night outreach group -- a class for teaching crafts of all things! They were expecting about 100 to be there, but there weren't that many. There were maybe 60-80 in total -- not including workers.

The counselors received all the new converts' information, and they have a team who will be following up on all of them. Their goal is to get them into Bible study groups. We thought only women were going to be there, but several men showed up and three of them plus a teenage boy accepted the Lord. The rest were women. Needless to say, I was blown away!

These people are so receptive. Robert and Pat say they are baptizing about 25 every month, and they felt certain these were genuine. The people in the neighborhoods around the church are mostly the ones who are coming to the craft classes. They have another one that meets on Wednesday night. The whole purpose of the classes is to reach the unchurched.

Our camera battery died today so we will have to wait and send pictures when we get back to Campinas on Saturday. There is a big event Saturday afternoon somewhere near here.

Keep praying friends! The Lord is hearing you!

Brenda Lancaster