Dear Friends,
ISAIAH 40:31
Greetings from the Recalde family in Paraguay, the heart of South America.
We hope this letter finds you all well and rejoicing in the Lord because of his faithfullness and his many blessings!
First of all We want to thank you very much for your faithfulness in Praying for us and supporting us through the exciting times when we see much fruit of our labors and also through the discouraging times when it seem as though nothing is happening! We thank God for you, our co-workers!
We praise God for the work that he is doing in hearts and lives out at the Indian Colony! Attendance to the Bible classes and Church has increased greatly in the past few months and the Tribal children who attend Sunday school continue to increase in number.Please continue to Pray for Tracy, as she must translate the Sunday school lessons from English to the Guaraní language each week in order to teach the children.
The Tribal People continue to struggle against alcoholism, but we are encouraged that many of them admit that they have a problem. Please Pray for us to have wisdom from God in how to counsel and help them.
Saturday ladies meeting started up again in January with Mamila again helping Tracy to teach. Samuel also started Prayer meeting with the Tribal men on Saturday mornings at the same time as the ladies meeting. This way, the married couples can come together and the ladies don\’t have to walk the trails alone to get to the Bible class.
We Praise The Lord for Emilio\’s repentance and return to the Church. He continues to faithfully attend the Bible classes and meetings. His wife, Kita, has also begun attending Church and ladies meeting again.
We also ask that you please Pray for our daughter, Stefany, as she has decided that she would like to attend the New Tribes Mission Bible school and is shooting for August so we are helping her to get the different forms all filled out, letters of recommendation, Dr. report, etc. Please Pray for Stefany, as this is a bit scary for her, since she went to the Spanish school most of her life and although English is her first language, reading and writing in English is hard for her. Also she has never lived in the U.S.A. for more than a few months during furlough times. She continues to work at the computer and electronics supplies store here until she goes and is saving as much as possible towards her plane ticket, Bible school registration and initial down payment etc.
Pray continue to Pray for us, for health, safety and encouragement as we seek to faithfully carry out the responsibilities that God has given us.
Please continue to Pray for more laborers for the work here in Paraguay. There are still many who have not heard and much that still needs to be done! Thank you very much for Praying for us and for helping us in our work here amongst the Pai Tavytera Tribal People!
In Christ\’s Service, Samuel, Tracy and family