Matthew 4:19, “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”

Every day in Brazil we have countless opportunities to serve our Lord and proclaim the Good News!

Because we are empty nesters and live 6,000 miles away from our family, it's not often that we have the opportunity to serve our biological family.  So we are thrilled and delighted to be able to serve our daughter and son-in-law, Jessica and Steven, with the caregiving of our beautiful 6-week old granddaughter, Marissa for the next six weeks!  Diane arrived in Minneapolis yesterday to care for her so that Jessica may return to work and Jeff remains serving in Rio.

We were both a little disappointed that for the first time in Rio, our car wouldn't start and Jeff couldn't go to the airport to send off Diane.  We will be apart from each other for six weeks.

On the way to the airport, Diane was delighted to sense a very comfortable rapport with the taxi driver, Leandro, and her disappointment quickly turned into joy as she realized that she had a divine appointment from the Lord!

She was able to share the gospel with Leandro and he told her that 4 other people had shared this same message with him in the past week.  His curiosity was now whetted and he said that when he got home that night, he would take his wife's bible and start reading the book of John!  Diane left him with a Evangecube to remind him to seek Christ.

Please join us in praying for Leandro and that soon he will be a new follower of Jesus Christ!

Blessed to be serving,

Diane and Jeff