Paul’s going to the US?

At the Indian community of Castanhal

I’m back and very excited for what God’s done throughout this time.  It was really good to see all the filter projects in the different bases with Carolina, fix what we needed to, and hear the great reports from each base.  And as Carolina left, she gave me a word from the Lord very similar to what I heard from Pr. Harold Weitsz (our conference speaker) which is that the Lord is about to do some great things here through PAZ, and for us to get ready.  I’ve been asking the Lord how do I get ready?

Mt Alegre filter group with Carolina

Well, one thing I know is that PAZ has some large, exciting goals for the next 5 years! And towards those goals, all of the 500+ PAZ churches are fasting for 3 days (2/27 – 3/1) sending in the “spiritual airforce” to the communities where we are hoping to build churches.  My Dad sent out a great update on that if you are subscribed to his e-mail updates.  But needless to say we are excited to see God moving in ways we’ve never seen before!

And even though I was traveling for these past 2 weeks, the cell group has continued to grow, and the Lord has really shown me that as long as I’m doing His will and am where He wants me, He’s the one who does the work and I don’t have to worry.   My goal this year for my cell groups is to see them strongly multiply twice (strongly meaning faithful, fruitful members going to each cell group).

Riding in the back of a truck to a jungle community

Some of our new members (Katia & Bete) are going to an encounter with God weekend retreat next weekend, so I would love your prayers that it would be a turning point in their lives.  I believe both of them are very open to the gospel, but neither have made a firm decision yet to follow the Lord.  Also João Paulo is a new kid who has been very faithfully coming and I’m believing that soon he too will make his firm decision to follow the Lord.  He even participated in a prayer vigil we had last night and participated in the fasts for that day :)

And lastly, some BIG NEWS…we’ve decided I should go to the US for Isaiah’s wedding (my very close cousin) in California and taking advantage of the trip going to Debbie’s graduation from ORU and helping PAZ Chicago church’s 1^st encounter with God weekend retreat!  So I’ll be there for about 3 weeks, leaving here April 27^th and returning May 19^th.   I’ll put up my itinerary later but I would love to see everyone I can while I’m there!  So more about that later.  ~Paul~