AME to the World, by Jeremy Newlin

The AME (Adventures in Evangelistic Missions) program is right here in João Pessoa. Each year, for the past three years we have received around 6 young adults between the ages of 18 and 25. They spend eight months living in João Pessoa, participating in 30 class hours per week, go on evangelistic campaigns and help the congregations in the different neighborhoods of João Pessoa. At the end of the year, they spend a month with family before “Adventuring” off to help other congregations throughout South America.

This January, two, three-member teams moved to Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Bolivia and Candeias in Recife, Brazil. They have now been in the field for two months. Routines have been established and I am sure the excitement of telling others about Christ continues to grow.

This month of March we will have a graduation for the class of 2014 and we will be welcoming students of the class of 2016. Please pray: that every student may focus on Jesus and His obedience to the Father, that these two years of their lives may transform them into lifetime, all-out followers of Christ.

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The Planting, the Watering, and the Increase

Emesson started coming to Bible Club over a year ago, when Neil Schultz and Cait Beckloff, our AIM team, were teaching it. For several months, they planted the seed in his and his sister's hearts. Unfortunately Neil and Cait's time in João Pessoa ended. In 2014 Bible Club received a boon when Erick and Jenny Paddy, former AIMers, returned to the field and picked up teaching the Bible Study for English speakers. They watered the sprouting seed in Emesson's life until God's Word became more important for him than just practicing his English. Last Wednesday night, God gave the increase, adding Emesson to the Family of Christ. Sometimes things don't happen when we think they should, but God is in control; His time is best, and we must thank Him for playing a small part in His plan.

"What About Baptism?"

Edda and I went to a nearby city to study the Bible with a family, Genilda (who is already a Christian), Ana, Mariana, Luiza, and Jefferson. While we were reading God's Word, Ana's husband, Silva, came in and sat down, and then blurted out: "What about baptism?" It took me by surprise because he has barely studied with us, but, most certainly, is already thinking about spiritual matters. Our Bible study then took a lot of detours, answering this question or that. Silva said he still has a lot of questions, and we pray that the Lord will use us to answer them, bringing him to understand the Good News!

Samuel McKinney's New Life in Christ

It has been only three days since Samuel gave his life to Christ, but it is so exciting to see my young son exercising his faith, like getting upset when his history teacher at school taught that miracles in the book of Exodus can be explained by natural phenomena: low and high tides in the crossing of the sea, natural disasters for the plagues, etc. The day after his baptism, Samuel went on a trip with his school and received a new nickname: the boy who reads the Bible. He read 1 Samuel, chapters 1 through 6, out loud for the whole bus to hear. His eagerness to take the Lord's Supper for the first time was refreshing. May our Father bless all our families with life changing faith.

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