New plans for Church and Chruch Ministry

Greetings Dear folk!

It is hard when you get used to using a computer for everything. Not having one to use without being broken more than working. We finally decided we better get a new one before we lost all that we had on the old one. We should be set for a good while.

We are doing great. We took some time off and went on vacation. We had not had a vacation for some four years. Since our boys like the beach we went down to Caraguatatuba where my brother Epitacio is pastor. Even though I was on vacation I preached 3 times at the church that he pastors.

We are making new plans for our church here in Garça. We will be working with Pastor Gilberto who is pastor is Marilia. There are several mission points that are going through some difficult situations, mostly a need for pastors.

Also pastor Gilberto and I have visited several cites in a one hour radius that still do not have Baptist churches.

We have bought a lot in Marilia and have already built a house for a pastor to live in. We will be starting a building there next. Also one of the plans there is to open a bible institute.

This lot is only 1.5 miles from the 4 universities in Marilia. We are praying that God will prepare some one that would love to work with the college students. There are over 30.000 students that attend these colleges. This is a tremendous opportunity.

We will be moving our services to the building where we used to have the school. Since we have so many kids on Sunday morning and we will be working with Sunday school classes where we can move the kids into the classrooms more easily. We will be fixing some things like painting, changing some doors and things like that.

We have been working on getting the library ready to open. But we will have to make a change and move it to a smaller room and leave the bigger room for the auditorium for the services. We hope that we can have all this ready in the next 2 weeks.

Pray for us, and all our new plans. Thanks for your prayers and support.

Odali and Kathy

odali_kathy@hotmail.com

God's Beautiful Creation

Things here at our home, Alpha and Omega are just doing great. Everything out side is getting absolutely beautiful. It is getting close to the beginning of spring. We have a weeping willow tree that is beautiful. This kind of tree has a red flower that looks like a brush.

The green from the other trees are so bright. Each day God surprises me with all that He has created. Things are never the same. Every day I try to see God in all that He has made. So many times we just remember and think of God by the BIG blessing that he sends our way and/or if our health is good. You know dear friends there is more to it than just that. Ask God each day to help you see him through the things he has created. You will probably be surprised when you see the things that you have missed. The other day I was sweeping my porch, and thinking about God. As I was thinking I said to God, Let me know you are hearing me. when I looked down to continue sweeping, there was a black and red bug crossing the porch. I had never seen the bug before, it was perfect.


Today several of us have been carrying and cleaning things where we are going to set up the church auditorium. We are moving the library to a smaller room. We still have lots to do, but we are excited about the new plans. I will take some pictures of what we are doing so those of you who have been here can see what we are doing. Thanks for your prayers for us and the work here.
God's blessing to all of you.

Sorry for not having new updates.

Greetings Dear folk!

It is hard when you get used to using a computer for everything. Not having one to use without being broken more than working. We finally decided we better get a new one before we lost all that we had on the old one. We should be set for a good while.

We are doing great. We took to me time off and went on vacation. We had not had a vacation for some four years. Since our boys like the beach we went down to Caraguatatuba where my brother Epitacio is pastor. Even though I was on vacation I preached 3 times at the church that he pastors.

We are making new plans for our church here in Garça. We will be working with Pastor Gilberto who is pastor is Marilia. There are several mission points that are going through some difficult situations, mostly a need for pastors.

Also pastor Gilberto and I have visited several cites in a one hour radius that still do not have Baptist churches.

We have bought a lot in Marilia and have already built a house for a pastor to live in. We will be starting a building there next. Also one of the plans there is to open a bible institute.

This lot only 1.5 miles from the 4 universities in Marilia. We are praying that God will prepare some that would love to work with the college students. There are over 30.000 students that attend these colleges. This is a tremendous opportunity.

We will be moving our services to the building where we used to have the school. Since we have so many kids on Sunday morning and we will be working with Sunday school classes where we can move the kids into the classrooms more easily. We will be fixing some things like painting, changing some doors and things like that. We have been working on getting the library ready to open. But we will have to make a change and move it to a smaller room and leave the bigger room for the auditorium for the services. We hope that we can have all this ready in the next 2 weeks.

Pray for us, and all our new plans. Thanks for your prayers and support.

Odali and Kathy