Beloved brethren, through the infinite grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on September 3rd we were finally able to inaugurate Missão Batista na Vila Planalto.  At this service we had the presence of our mother church , Igreja Batista Viva.  Brothers and sisters from other churches, as well as some people from the community whom we had invited were also present.  It was a packed house!

     On September 4th we had our first service however, only my family was present.  On the second Sunday however, we had three visitors, of which two were  believers with a desire to join us and help in this new work.  They have been a great help already!  On the third Sunday we had five more visitors; all ladies from the community.  This past Sunday, we had twelve people at the service counting my family and I.  Thank God we are doing so well in this early stage.  We’ve had an average of 10 people at the services and every Sunday we have a new visitor.  Glory be to God.

     On September 18th, we launched free guitar lessons at the church plant as an outreach to the community.  To our surprise we had eleven teenagers at the first class!  During the lessons we read from the Bible and share about Jesus. 

     I ask that you’d be in prayer for us and especially the teens in the guitar lessons, for God to work in their lives.  We have not been able to get them to come/stay for the services, but I am certain that at the right time God will enter their hearts.