November 4, 2004

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Hope all is well with all of you.  We are doing very well.  Kathy, the children, and I have done lots of traveling in one month.  We have been from Alabama to Virginia Beach.  That was some trip considering we are with our three boys, ages four and six.  The six year olds are eight months apart, not to mention that they are used to playing on an area of over twenty acres.  So a trip of over ten hours was interesting to say the least.  With our oldest son in the car you don't even need a radio or CD player.  He is the most inquisitive kid I have ever seen.  Our oldest biological son was very inquisitive, but Titus has him beat.  Among all the things he asked Kathy during the trip, there is one question that he asked that really made a mark to us.  As we drove into Virginia, the weekend before election, there were many people with plaques standing on street corners.  On one of the signs it said if you vote for President Bush, honk your horn!  There were lots of people honking their horns.  Titus wanted to know what was going on.  Well, that question led to a class in politics.  He asked why people wanted President Bush.  We told him it was because he believed in God.  Titus then replied, "Well then, we need to stop right now and pray that he will win."  Before that night was over, Titus had us pray three more times.  The night of the election he wanted to stay up to hear the results.  After midnight we had him go to bed.  God is NUMBER one!!!  For Titus, it's that simple.  As we talked he also mentioned that we needed to tell John Kerry about God so he too could go to heaven.  How many times did we pray?!  Or did we just criticize.  We praise God for giving us a son that is so young, yet has a love for God and wants to share his love with others.

We are excited about the work in Iguacu Falls.  Iguacu Falls is one of the cities with the largest concentration of Muslims.  Without a doubt it will be different from the other works in Brazil.  The youth from Central Baptist Church in Garca are getting ready to go to Iguacu Falls for the opening week.  They will help do visitation and service that will have singing, drama, and special presentations.  This will be a great experience for many.  There will be several helping from the Alpha and Omega home.  This will be a great blessing.  They can share with others the changes that God has made in their life.  If any of you would like to help in this new mission, just make your gifts to:  New work at Iguacu Falls.  This city is eleven hours away from the city of Garca where we live.

We want to thank all those who have given to BFM throughout this year.  We are coming to the end of one more year.  Many of you have made our ministries possible.  Thanks for all those who have believed in our ministries and have given to make them possible.  May God richly bless you.  Please continue to pray for us.  The home is doing well while we are here in the United States.  Pray for those who are working while we are gone.

Love,

Odali and Kathy