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JanuaryMarch 2015 Dear Praying Friends, What a blessing it is to look at what the Lord has been doing here! Though the day today plans never happen as fast as we would like, it is good to see the difference that is made over a short period of time! Since our last prayer letter, we have been able to finalize the rental of a new storefront where we will begin having church services soon! Though everything takes longer than expected (like waiting six weeks just to get a rent contract and then waiting another month for the electricity to get turned on), we know that everything is under the Lord’s timing and control. We are looking forward to the exciting new opportunities that will be available to us once the space is ready for public meetings! Please pray for our continued outreach efforts in our neighborhood here; particularly with the young people. God has given us many opportunities with so many friendly neighbors, and we want to make the best use of those occasions. Along with preparations for the church services, I have been doing some construction, including building a pulpit and making other updates. In the midst of these projects, I had an accident with a razor knife and sliced the side of my leg quite badly. I ended up getting seven stitches in the muscle and another twelve across the top of the fiveinch gash. After two weeks on crutches, the stitches have been removed and I have been recovering very quickly, Praise the Lord! Even in this, we saw the Lord’s blessing – it could have been much worse if I’d cut an artery or tendon! Also, it was a blessing to see our neighbors’ response as the whole evening of the accident, and much of the next day there was a stream of neighbors who came to offer their assistance and to see how I was doing! What a blessing to see an evidence of the relationships that have been built here in our neighborhood! As we look forward to beginning regular church services in the very near future, we ask for your prayers for wisdom and guidance on our part and that the Lord will bless those services. We have had a number of people say that they would come once we start services; pray that they would do so. Pray that hearts would be opened to God’s word; that souls would be saved and lives would be changed for Him! In Christ, Omar Schrock and Family Rondonópolis, Brazil Cleaning the church yard with neighbor boys

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                         January-­‐March  2015        Dear  Praying  Friends,     What  a  blessing  it  is  to  look  at  what  the  Lord  has  been  doing  here!    Though  the  day-­‐to-­‐day  plans  never  happen  as  fast  as  we  would  like,  it  is  good  to  see  the  difference  that  is  made  over  a  short  period  of  time!     Since  our  last  prayer  letter,  we  have  been  able  to  finalize  the  rental  of  a  new  storefront  where  we  will  begin  having  church  services  soon!    Though  everything  takes  longer  than  expected  (like  waiting  six  weeks  just  to  get  a  rent  contract  and  then  waiting  another  month  for  the  electricity  to  get  turned  on),  we  know  that  everything  is  under  the  Lord’s  timing  and  control.    We  are  looking  forward  to  the  exciting  new  opportunities  that  will  be  available  to  us  once  the  space  is  ready  for  public  meetings!         Please  pray  for  our  continued  outreach  efforts  in  our  neighborhood  here;  particularly  with  the  young  people.    God  has  given  us  many  opportunities  with  so  many  friendly  neighbors,  and  we  want  to  make  the  best  use  of  those  occasions.           Along  with  preparations  for  the  church  services,  I  have  been  doing  some  construction,  including  building  a  pulpit  and  making  other  updates.    In  the  midst  of  these  projects,  I  had  an  accident  with  a  razor  knife  and  sliced  the  side  of  my  leg  quite  badly.    I  

ended  up  getting  seven  stitches  in  the  muscle  and  another  twelve  across  the  top  of  the  five-­‐inch  gash.    After  two  weeks  on  crutches,  the  stitches  have  been  removed  and  I  have  been  recovering  very  quickly,  Praise  the  Lord!    Even  in  this,  we  saw  the  Lord’s  blessing  –  it  could  have  been  much  worse  if  I’d  cut  an  artery  or  tendon!    Also,  it  was  a  blessing  to  see  our  neighbors’  response  as  the  whole  evening  of  the  accident,  and  much  of  the  next  day  there  was  a  stream  of  neighbors  who  came  to  offer  their  assistance  and  to  see  how  I  was  doing!    What  a  blessing  to  see  an  evidence  of  the  relationships  that  have  been  built  here  in  our  neighborhood!  

  As  we  look  forward  to  beginning  regular  church  services  in  the  very  near  future,  we  ask  for  your  prayers  for  wisdom  and  guidance  on  our  part  and  that  the  Lord  will  bless  those  services.    We  have  had  a  number  of  people  say  that  they  would  come  once  we  start  services;  pray  that  they  would  do  so.    Pray  that  hearts  would  be  opened  to  God’s  word;  that  souls  would  be  saved  and  lives  would  be  changed  for  Him!    

In  Christ,  Omar  Schrock  and  Family  -­‐  Rondonópolis,  Brazil  

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