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Please pray with us as we wait on the news of our Visas. Please pray that our request for religious visas will be granted and that we will be able to set a date to leave in January.

We have been trying for about a month to apply for our Religious Visas for Brazil. Each time we made a trip to the Brazilian Consulate in Chicago, there was some obstacle or reason our application was not accepted. (Office closed, car trouble, missing form, etc.)

Well, we are happy to report that our applications are finally in the process to Brazil! Praise the Lord!

This does not mean we have been approved or guaranteed Visas, it only means our application is on the way to the officials in Brazil.

In about one month, we should find out the status of our request. Until then, we are playing the waiting game.

We recently got back from a short trip down to Tennessee. We went to visit a supporting church down there and to share at their annual missions conference.

Although it was a bit of a drive, we really enjoyed our time and left encouraged.  It is awesome to see the Body of Christ work together for a common goal.  

"For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body."

1 Corinthians 12:12-13

Please pray with us as we begin the Visa process for a Religious Visa for Brazil. This can take from three to six months. Please pray that the process would go smoothly, and that we are approved in a timely manner.

We recently got back from a two-week visit to West Brazil. What a great experience for us, especially to experience together!

We spent our first week in the city of Manaus, which is home to NTM’s West Brazil office. Our time in the city was spent exploring, which meant lots of walking, experiencing the culture, talking with veteran missionaries, and meeting with some of the leaders there.

Gabriel was able to set up the paper work for our Brazilian Visas, which was a huge blessing. (More about our Visas later)

Our second week was spent at the school for missionary’s children. The school is on the edge of the Jungle and the Amazon River, quite the contrast from the city. Our future co-workers Kris and Mary-Jane Howe were also there. It was great to spend lots of time with their family.

More than anything, the trip solidified in our minds the desire God has put on our heart to reach the un-reached in Brazil. We are more excited then ever to head down there, in January of 2008, Lord willing!

Crunch time is coming!  I am getting ready for the rest of my life with a wonderful woman that God has designed for me before the foundation of the earth.  I am so priviledged and grateful!  God is good all the time.  With a Wedding in May, working jobs, and continuing our deputation.  We desperately need your prayers as we trust the Holy Spirit to use us to navigate through life. 

Please pray for us we have many things on our plate and your prayers and encouragment would loved and appreciated. 

Please Pray for:

Our walk with the Lord                                                   Rachel and my relationship over distance

Wedding preparation                                                      Support/deputation raising                                       Opportunities to share our faith                              Preparing the hearts for Brazil visas

   I am so blessed and thankful to God to have brought Rachel into my life.  Now our lives will soon be joined together and be used for Gods glory in the ministry to Tribal people that have never heard the Gospel.   

Rachel was born and raised in Wisconsin.  It wasn’t until she was a freshman in high school that she put her faith in Christ.  A friend from her public school had led her to the Lord!

Her relationship with the Lord grew and so did her desire to be used in Christian Service.   After high school, she attended New Tribes Bible Institute in Wisconsin.  It was there her burden for the lost grew, as she saw God’s heart for the world throughout Scripture.

Rachel Austin and I are engaged!  Rachel is also a New Tribes Member whom I met in Pennsylvania at the third year of New Tribes Mission training.

We "hit it off" right away when we realized we both love to play tennis.  This became our common interest and an excellent, constructive excuse to hang out together.

We got to know each other well the next year and began dating in Missouri, at the fourth year of NTM training.

I am thrilled and blessed to know Rachel and I am excited to join forces with her and take the Gospel to Brazil to a tribe that has never heard!

Two and a half weeks and 5000-6000 miles later I am back in Michigan.  It has been a wonderful vacation/deputation trip and the time with friends and family has been unbelieveable. 

My time in Tennessee was excellent as I was able to share at Grace Babtist Church in Dickson.  This church generously supported me on this past survey trip to Brazil.  What a blessing it was to say thank you and rekindle relationships with the universal Church.  It was a wonderful time and a blessing to again be with those people.

We then moved on to Pensacola where my brother, Anthony graduated.  It was a great time to see him again and encourage him on in this selfless cause. 

I got in contact with another Brazil Contact and then headed down to see my grandparents.  It was very special to see them again and spend time with them.  Grandparents are very important and it was great to see them again.

My plans are still moving forward toward Brazil in January of 2008.  I am at around 12% support right now so things are moving right along.  I have some work to do but God is the one that provides the funds and support necessary to reach the lost. 

Thanks for your interest, God Bless