Pray for us!

We just wanted to ask you all to keep us in your prayers this week.  Al had his last day at "work" on Friday.  Now the work really starts!  We have a lot to accomplish this week before leaving town to Florida (en route to Brazil) on Sunday morning.  Beside the usual packing and getting the last house things in order, we have to take Hava for a dr's appointment to get all her shots in order and a check-up since we won't be in the country for her 18-month visit.  (We are blessed with a Jewish doctor who has done many third-world country medical missions trips and can determine exactly what Hava might need without judging us completely insane.)  We also have meetings this week as well as a presentation of the project on Saturday.  We are trying to get things done here and there as not to stress Hava out since she really doesn't know what's going on.  This will be not only the first time she leaves the country, but the first long car ride, first plane trip, first time in Brazil, and first time to meet many of her family members.

Also, please check in here with us regularly.  Our goal is to update THIS BLOG with videos of our most recent adventures as often as we are able.  So, you will be able to travel with us through the blessing of technology!  We are so thankful to all of you who have supported us through your prayers and giving.  But we are most grateful to the L-rd, through whom we have life and are able to share with others about the incredible gift of Salvation!  Although we never fully reached our financial goal for this summer, we are pleased to report that He has seen fit to meet our every need for travel and we will be leaving on this MISSION TRIP with peace and fully trusting that "He who began a good work...will be faithful to complete it!" (Phillipians 1:6)  As of today, we are now in full-time ministry and although it seems a daunting task, we only do what we feel G-d is calling us to do.  In that light, we must go first to the place He gave us and where He brought us together and tell those we know (and those we don't) about the loving forgiveness He offers.

As we prepare to leave, one burden has hung HEAVY on our hearts - we recognize full well that the people of the Amazon Basin are literally dying without the knowledge of salvation.  This past week we received word that some new tribes in various parts of Brazil have been discovered who are 0.0% evangelized!  We have also discovered a segregated group of Jewish people living on the Amazon (see article in left column).  We pray for the opportunity to share with those people of these groups who G-d Himself will put in our path.

Above all, PLEASE keep this one request in your prayers:

-that each and every life (stranger, friend and family member) that we encounter who has NOT accepted the gift of salvation would open their hearts and minds to His calling - that we would be able to speak truth in wisdom and compassion as well as good timing, that "none would perish, but ALL would come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9)