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Westside Church on Missions Again! :)

It's coming the time to go back to the river! 

AVM had a blessed year in 2011 and we are so ready to continue to pursuit God's will and His kingdom in the Amazon. 

We are blessed to serve along side the Amazon Baptist Convention and many of it's pastors. It has been an honor to be blessed by their service and serve the Lord with them. We celebrate their life and effort! Please support these men and their families through your prayers.
Our first team of the year, lead by Bill Lassiler, is coming out of Westside Baptist Church in Gainesville, FL. We are going to Manacapuru Lake, an area where we have found great needs and communities with no work what so ever. They have about 52 communities of which 16 of those have no work. Dominguinhos is a community with 90 people approximately and there are 2 other communities close by in great need as well. Most them call themselves Catholic, but they are not very involved with the religion. We have one lady (believer) from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State working in those areas with the support of different churches trying to start a work there in. Gi (her name) is a dentist and is living in Santa Luzia (Baruá) close to dominguinhos e she goes back and forth to 4 communities.  Some of the people in the area have attended bible studies, but very few have surrendered their lives to Jesus. I believe our week in the lake can have great impact in the lives of the people there.


This team is coming to do evangelism, discipleship, VBS with the kids, and their are also bringing medical and dental clinics. We are praying that God will prepare these 3 communities to hear the truth of Jesus Christ and that they would want to have a true and close relationship with their Creator. 


It is time to pray:

1.      Please pray for Pr Francisco and his family– the community leader you will be working with.  

2.      Pray for Gi, the young lady who has been working to start a ministry in the area.

3.      Pray for the people we will be in contact with. A couple of weeks before you arrive at the community, Carnaval Festival will take place. Carnaval is a BIG party in Brasil, the whole country stops for this party that is similar to Mardi Guas. There is much drinking, smoking, drug use, unexpected pregnancies, etc. So pray that when we arrive people will be ready to hear of a Savior who will give them more joy than any party/material things in the world.

4.      Pray for Christians among the area to rise up to disciple those who will give their lives to Jesus. 

Its been a joy to be a part of the AVM family and to follow God through this ministry. Stay connected!

Blessings,

Sarah Castro

Amazon, Brazil