January 3, 2005

Dear Friends,

The year 2004 was an exciting and fruitful year in the ministries here in Curitiba, southern Brazil.  We experienced growth in our mother church, both spiritual and numerical.  Our pioneer evangelism team, Project Life, was used of the Lord to share the gospel to over 102,000 persons during the year, and over half of these presentations were done in the public schools.  We are so thankful to God that this avenue of outreach is still open to us here, when in the USA and much of Europe it is illegal.  Many of those who heard the gospel have responded in faith and we are working to train leaders to carry on the process of discipleship and church planting for their continued growth.

Bible Baptist Church, of which I am the pastor, has outgrown its present meeting site and we are working on plans to move to a location where we can continue to grow and reach our own community with the gospel.  God has given me a great team of Brazilian leaders to work with and we are joyfully seeing His power at work among us.  Oseias and his dear family have been a blessing as friends for many years, but now we enjoy the privilege of working together on the same ministerial team.  Our talents and spiritual gifts compliment one another and we trust that God will use us together to bring more glory to His name.

This morning I will be leaving to go to camp with my two kids, Jessie and Brennen, and a few folks from our church.  Charlene has been using her gifts of hospitality for a few weeks as we've had guests in our home since December 8.  She will be preparing for the new year's children Sunday School program while we're away at camp and then together we'll be going to spend a few days with two couples that do not know Jesus Christ.  They have become dear friends and we want to take advantage of the opportunity to spend time with them during their year-end vacation to share the gospel of Christ.

Thank you all so much for your prayers and faithfulness in financial support.  May God richly bless you.

In Christ's love,

Bobby, Charlene, Jessie and Brennen Wacaser