NEW BOOKS AND LIBRARY COMING ALONG

Alpha and Omega gets a new look!

We are starting new projects and along with that giving this place a completely new look. We hope that we can get the front painted by Christmas. The painting is slow because getting the walls ready to be painted is taking a long time. There is lots of scraping to be done. But things are coming along.

We are really getting excited about the library. It takes so much time to type the information on the computer for each book. But things are coming along really well. We went to the book store this week and started buying the new books that so many people donated for. I just wish books were a little cheaper. Oh well, thank God we can buy more Christian books. We still are going to buy more. We are looking and checking the different publishing houses to get a variety of books that are good for all ages. The girls at the store had fun taking pictures of us while we were shopping. I took our 3 boys to the book store too. We had written to several publishing companies and asked if they would give a copy of some books or magazines for the library. We sent them a copy of our project so they could see what our plans are. We have already had some replies. One company has already sent 12 months of magazines. Another Christian book store wrote us and said they were interested also. Please continue to pray for us as we work hard to get things ready. I would really like to open the library before the end of the year.

A GREAT DAY AND SPECIAL THANKS!

Things are coming along with our new plans for the family development center. Last week Lizene and I (Kathy) went to the Education department to check on some information about the school. Since we want to help adults to learn to read and write we needed to know what our options were with government regulations. We came back really excited with what we found out. The supervisor told us that we could teach them along with the library project. Then if any of our students wanted to have a diploma that they could do the GRD test. The supervisor said she would get one of the schools in town to do the test. Then if we decide that we want to reopen our school we can do that next year. We have been talking to some adults that we have come in contact with and they have really like the idea of being able to study in the day time. There are several schools in town that offer adult education but only at night. For mothers that have small children, studying at night is almost impossible. We also want to have seminars that will teach these adults practical things, like manicure, nutrition, hand painting, personal care, imitation jewelry, masonry, basic electrical tips, and carpentry, cooking tips and other things that are useful for everyday living.

We want to think all those that helped Loran Brown from Georgetown College with the fundraiser she did for Alpha and Omega Family Development Center. We are going to the book store this week to buy the books for the library. Thank you so much and God bless each of you.

We had another holiday this week. We had another special day here at Alpha and Omega. We invited folks to come and eat with us and spend the day. We had around 50 new people that had not been at other dinners. We just had a great day and the day was absolutely beautiful. We praise God for all He has done and is doing. Thanks to all of you who stay in touch and that pray for us and that give to the ministry. God bless you.

Memorial Day – November 2nd

Here in Brasil memorial day is in November. Our church planned a big luncheon. The only prerequisite to come was you had to invite some one, starting with members of your family that were not saved. People got on the ball. It was really exciting to see every one going after the visitors. Many members invited whole families to come. The day was fantastic, and the weather was just perfect. We could not have asked for a better day. After lunch folks just set out in front and talked and those that we not to tired or full played volleyball and soccer. The children enjoyed the park and the trampling. It was a time of refreshing and fellowship. The last ones to leave, left at 8:00 pm.

One of our main goals is to reach out to families in our community. Unfortunately many homes are one parent homes. Thorough our church we want to bring these families close to our church family. With this we also want to introduce the family development center. We are working on our library and also putting together projects to help these families through encouragement and also with their needs. We will have studies done by our social worker, of each family to see where they need help. We also plan on teaching adults to read that have never had a chance to go to school. Since Garça was an area where coffee was cultivated many families grow up picking coffee therefore lived on farms and had no access to school. Now in days school buses pick the children up and bring them to school. That was not possible 20 to 40 years ago. So there are many people in there 40s and 50s that do not read or write. Please continue to pray for or new plans. We thanks all those who keep in touch and also thanks you for your prayers and support. God bless each of you. Enjoy the pictures.