Over the past few weeks, we have welcomed seven new families visiting our church for the first time. One single man arrived and shared that he was there because he desperately needed God in his life. The following week, during a Bible study, he surrendered his life to Christ and began his journey of faith. Praise God for new life in Christ! We have also officially begun construction and are now seeing visible progress on the foundation. Because much of the work is being done

News from IBBE (2018 church plant):   Three adults were baptized and a group of 10 are working through our new members’ class. Two babies were born, and two church members were married. This new year also brought a renewed excitement for discipleship and evangelism as several members work to expand our current ministries. In addition, we have 15 families signed up to participate in our partnership with the orphanage and soon the kids will start attending Sunday morning servic

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. After 879 days, we have officially been approved for our church building project. Thank you to all who prayed, gave, encouraged, inquired, and prayed some more. We are extremely excited; and although we know it is a massive undertaking, we are very eager to begin.  In October, Tim was keynote speaker for the inauguration of the "Antioch training center for new missionaries". This is a partnership with the Brazilian mission agency with