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[Sister Alvear]

SOUTH AMERICAN FOREIGN MISSIONS

Rev Raul and Janice Alvear
PO Box 797, Jonesville, LA 71343 – Phone 337-290-2658
CP 204, Maceio, Alagoas, Brazil, South America 57020-970
Phone: 011-55-82-9909-9350

Dear Friends in the Homeland:

As some of you know we have several children that depend upon us in missions and our son in Law was just involved in a flooded area and only by a miracle from God He escaped.
However his car did not fare so well. The floods ruined the motor and parts. We have it at a shop right now they are asking for 3,500 to restore it. It is well worth repairing and getting another motor but He can only do it IF we can help him.
At this moment He is helping full time in the ministry here and we help them but we ourselves are not able to come up with this amount of Money. Would you please open your heart to a new missionary and help them.

Here are his words of what happened:

When I left the house it was a beautiful day. I went to get the weed eater from the maintenance shop and stopped at the post Office to get some things that had arrived for missions. When I was leaving it started to rain. It wasn’t just a little rain but it was like a monsoon. In a matter of minutes the roads started to fill with water. My brother-in-law called me and told me that He Just made it out and that I would have to go another way to get home because the water had already risen to the point where it was impassable. I began to go the other direction when my car couldn’t take it anymore. Water had got into the motor. I found myself literally floating in my car along with several other vehicles. I became very worried. The water was on top the hood of my car now and I was stuck like a prisoner. If I was to open the door it would flood the car inside with water and I would not be able to get out because of the force of the water. It continued to rain and the water continued to rise even higher. Trucks and buses were barely passing now. Every time that one did pass it shook the whole vehicle. It was like I was in the sea. I prayed, Lord the only one that can help me now is you. Only You can stop the rain and make the waters recede. Only You can calm the storm. Then after much prayer and much water, the Lord saw fit to extend His Grace to me one more time. The rain stopped and the Waters began to slowly recede. Some hours later I was able to get a tow truck to come get me out. If it wasn’t for the Lord I don’t know if I would have made it out alive. I have thanked the Lord for saving my life and I know that He has a plan for everything. In the process of all this the water that enter the motor of my car caused a serious problem. It is now at the mechanics shop. I am praying that the Lord would take care of this because He knows I cannot. I trust completely in Him and if He gave me the car He Will make a way to fix it. If we can look past our small area of vision and see the big Picture we will see that He is the one Who Will never forsake us. He gave us His Word on that. I am trusting in Him.

If anyone can help on this please earmark you offering for Brother Chad Thomas and send to our home address. We are thankful for those that have helped us in many needs over the past 43 years of missionary service.

May God bless you.
Brother and Sister Raul Alvear Sr and family