The service today at SCCC was incredible! I wanted to fill everyone on the mission team in on a little of what happened today. We were able to give Kelvin a copy of the latest post about Saturday's events. We had no idea if Kelvin would actually mention or read anything from the blog, we just, at a minimum wanted him to know what is happening in Brazil. As usual, we sang praises to the Lord for 1/2 hour or so, then Kelvin stood up as he usually does and made a few announcements. He mentioned a missionary pastor from the Ft. Mill area being arrested and imprisoned recently along with two fellow laborers. Kelvin mentioned he was friends with this pastor so the church between 6:30-7:00 began to call out to our Lord for them to be released and the gospel allowed to be preached in this country. Well, Kelvin learned this morning that last night between 6:30 & 7:00, all three were released! Praise the Lord! He also read a little of the blog that you guys posted yesterday. Obviously, he couldn't read the whole post but he did highlight the alcoholic being set free, soccer and the talk of complete surrender being the theme of the day. After he talked about the post, he asked the entire church to pray for all of you and he led the church in a beautiful prayer for you all.
Today's message was from Mark 5:21-42. Kelvin spoke of 'falling at the feet of Jesus' and to 'press in' on Jesus just as the multitudes did and the lady with the hemmorage did. He spoke for maybe 30 minutes then went into a time of prayer. Many people came to the altar for prayer. The Spirit of the Lord moved greatly. I told Jill that was the most moving and encouraging service I had been part of in a very long time and it was incredibly refreshing.
We all hope your day of worship and serving has been one of the greatest days of your lives! Be encouraged, press in, press on, continue doing the work of the Lord! Remember, the work you do for Jesus Christ is not in vain. We pray holy and abundant blessings upon you all.
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Hello all,
We are so excited to hear of the Lord's great work in Brazil. We are excited to see pictures of baby Wendi as well! We pray in agreement with Tracy that you will leave all your energy on the field and trust Him to sustain you and fill you. How awesome of the Lord to bless each of you with the opportunity to see harvest from past visits. Isn't our God so good and so loving. We are praying and fasting for the team and trusting the Lord and His ultimate will to be done in each of your lives. We missed you all at Home Fellowship but filled up your husbands and children with "healthy" burgers and hot dogs. Tell Cheryl that John got the "apron" for keeping everything the most orderly and together while mom is away (although I think he confessed he hasn't done bathrooms yet) LOL Eric and Mike just think he is wasting lots of possible couch/tv time because he is just going to have to do it all again right before you all get home. Avery says, he is "loving school, he isn't doing it." LOL Great luch conversation at HFG!! Avery did pray the sweetest pray at HFG for you all, the beauty of Home schooling is He is doing it and just doesn't know it. :) Praise the Lord. love you all and miss you bunches. Your in our constant thoughts and prayers.
Debra Martin
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