July 3, 2006

Dear Friends,

We took advantage of Brazil's Valentines Day (July 12th) to do an evangelistic outreach program. We encouraged the couples from our church to invite as many unsaved married couples as they could to a romantic dinner. We had a very good turnout. More than half the crowd were unsaved friends and family of our members. We prepared a romantic environment in a local social hall and had a delicious buffet served for our dinner. After getting to know the new couples, we gave a message on how to have a happy and lasting marriage and presented the gospel as the only true source of genuine happiness and peace. After that event, we have had some of these couples come to our regular worship services. We pray that these folks will come to know Christ as their Lord and Savior.

In our training center, we recently finished giving a practical course on personal evangelism. Our participants are learning how to share their faith in God's grace and love with fellow workers, family and friends. Last night, after the Sunday night worship service, Valter, a young trainee shared with me the opportunities that he is having on his job of sharing the gospel. It was exciting to hear how God is using Valter in such a positive way. He has a real passion to glorify the Lord wherever he goes. At the same time, he is being persecuted by a member of a cult who is a fellow employee at his job. Pray that Valter will be wise in how he deals with the trial to his faith.

Several folks have asked me to give an update on equipping Project Life's number two motor home called Logos. We have received a few special offerings which allowed us to get the first two stages of the transformation process done. We now have the upper deck stage completed and the sound system bought and installed. We have been using that motor home in the metropolitan area of Curitiba, since we still haven't been able to complete the kitchen, bathroom, bunk beds, and projector and screen. If you are prayerfully considering a very effective place to invest in the spread of God's Word, here is a wonderful opportunity for you. For example, with our other motor home, Alpha, which is fully equipped, we were able to take the gospel to nine public schools and parks during the month of June. There were 143 persons who publicly professed Jesus Christ as their Lord. When we get the Logos motor home finished we will be able to virtually double our outreach efforts. As God leads you, please designate your offerings to Project Life, and we will apply them to completing the transformation of the bus into a fully operational ministry tool.

Many of you already know that we live in a region that experiences the opposite seasons that you experience in the northern hemisphere. Presently we are in the early part of our cool winter. Few of the homes or buildings here have heating, so when it's below freezing outside, it isn't much warmer inside. This isn't unbearable, but it does affect the people's health. Our son, Brennen, has a constant battle with throat and respiratory infections as do many other children.  Brennen just recently recovered from a throat infection, but he is improving quickly.  Please keep him in your prayers.

In Charlene's children's ministry, she has seen some very heartwarming transformations in the lives of some of her kids.  She has two boys, ages eight and eleven, whose mother abandoned them a year ago.  The boys were very bitter and confused.  Through Charlene's love and steady teaching of God's Word, both boys have demonstrated clear evidence that God is working in their lives.  The oldest boy, Isaac, is always ready to help out in any task we need done around the church grounds.  His little brother, Ezekiel, shows a real love for God's Word and memorizes Scripture verses every week, and the pent-up anger that he initially showed has completely disappeared.  God uses Charlene to touch many young lives in a powerful way, yet she humbly recognizes that it is by His grace.

Folks, we are so thankful to God and to you who make it possible for us to serve Him in this rewarding ministry.  Please accept our gratitude.  And the Lord knows how grateful we are to Him for this privilege.

In Jesus' love,

Bobby, Charlene, Jessie and Brennen Wacaser