Trip to Brazil

Thank you for praying for us during June. Thiago (on Calvin’s right) and Simone(far right) worked with me in correcting and formatting Volume 1 and some of 2 of Building on Firm Foundations (BFF Revised Version). Our spouses held the forts. Leticia is Thiago’s brand new bride. He is a teacher at Peniel. Fábio and his wife are students at PBI and while his wife worked on our correction team he helped all month with a production on DVD of Bible lessons in Portuguese. Gwen cared for my mom, Cora Taylor, for a solid month.

Mom was a big blessing to us. She would wake up with a joyful smile and gratitude for our work. She is always a challenge to anyone as far as praying and expressing to the Lord our needs and those of others. When we helped her to bed at night she would ask us to pray. She would finish with thanksgiving. She always expressed thanks to the Lord for the lovely house her daughter and son-in-law have provided for her during these difficult years. We each had our time with tears and we left encouraged and blessed. The therapist has trained her to walk the length of a volley ball court with a good walker, but she still has great difficulty in moving her feet.

Please join Pércio and Tânia Pereira and their family in prayer these coming months as he heads up the translation on the rest of Volume 2. The team has almost 500 pages left to completion of this volume. He needs time and health. Both Tânia and Pércio are teachers at Peniel. He helps direct the school and is a full time pastor at an Independent Baptist Church. They both care for her parents who now live next to them in retirement.

Robson and Emília Abreu were our students back in the early 1980’s. They represent NTM among the Brazilian churches and Bible Colleges. Emília has done the translation of the first 5 lessons of Volume 2 of the BFF (Revised Version). They would appreciate our fellowship and interest in their lives in prayer.

Rejaneide Monteiro has worked with us since1989. She will be final corrector on the whole series if the Lord helps her and gives her time do this and many other projects at the Headquaters of NTM of Brazil.

Gwen and I send our greetings and appreciation for your part on this team.

in Christ Jesus,
Calvin and Gwen