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: 011-55-82-990951
1 Peter 1:7
King James Version (KJV)
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
By nature I am an upbeat person…usually I can see the lily even in the darkest valley…however I personally have been going through a huge trial and our church van being stole at gunpoint seemed to the straw that broke the camels back…I plunged into despair and worry…Oh, Lord, not again….I cried…
I knew people would say why didn’t you pay insurance and if I was you I would do this or that…Lord, I cried they do not have the faintest idea of how little we live on and what we do without. They do not feel the deep burden to feed the hungry though soup kitchen, the burden to go out to the shanty towns and their ever dangerous ways of life…the burden to help the Philippines, the burden for the jungle…with so many pressing needs I must confess I got behind with insurance and really it was on my desk to pay for months but there were so many things there…
I think now I know how Elijah felt in that dark cave…I too have spent some nights in the cave of despair….
I have never cried over being tired but on the plane coming back from the states I broke down and cried…my body trembled I was so tired… we had pushed ourselves beyond human limits.
Psalm 30:5 states “… in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
God’s favor is life. Our trials are tribulations are merely temporary. However knowing we have precious friends is such a consolation and encouragement.
On a more positive note we just attended our 11 annual pastor’s congress…the church became too small for the turn out! Brother Alvear ordained 10 or more ministers.
Right now at this writing a group is traveling to Paraguay for hold services.
We are enlarging our headquarters church in south Brazil and enlarging several other churches. Brother Arlei is working on his Bible school building in the jungle area. Sister Carla and her group are making bricks for their church. We are also working on the campground. Many wonderful things are happening.
We are very thankful because we know will meet every need…sometimes as humans we despair however we have assurance He who sees the sparrow fall will take care of His own.
May God bless each one of you precious homeland supporters.
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