Eric and Donna Shrift | C.P. 209 | Boa Vista, RR 69301-970 |
Brazil |
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2013
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" The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; Thou
dost support my lot.
...Indeed my heritage is beautiful to me."(Psalm 16:5,6)
Over this past season, we have gone by several markers in the
continuing story of the Shrift Tribe. On January 25th, the Lord
called our grandson Elijah Stephen, the third child of Stephen and
Martha, to Himself, less than an hour after his birth. Up until
that week, no problems had been detected with mom or baby, so that
came as a sudden shock to all of us.
About two months later, on April 3, our 7th grandchild, Tulia
Michelle, was born to son Nathaniel and his wife Danielle in New
Hampshire. In May, we were blessed with the opportunity to visit
the U.S. for our son Daniel's graduation from John Brown
University, to meet Tulia, and to participate in Elijah's memorial
service. Our vacation ended with a totally unexpected twist: the
day before we were to return to Brazil, I (Eric) was admitted to
the hospital with acute atrial flutter which required heart surgery
the following day... performed by a Brazilian cardiologist... in
New Hampshire! God's timing and humor are amazing! The procedure
was 100% curative; and, thankfully, there should be no further
physical issues with my heart.
With much excitement we have the pleasure of announcing the
engagement of our son John to Rebecah Ann Nogeira. She is a
missionary linguist who works in the same village where John has
been stationed for over a year. They are graduates of the same
Bible Seminary and share a vision for ministering to the Yanomami
tribe. The surprise proposal event involved John's flying secretly
to a just-opened jungle airstrip with his brother Nathaniel's
antique kayak and paddling 9 1/2 hours to a river island, where
Rebecah and her co-workers "found" him while they were on their
weekly outreach to other villages. John is now in the US raising
the support needed to continue sharing God's love with the
Yanomami, and will return to Brazil for his wedding, planned for
October. Learn more on his Facebook page - John Shrift
Missions.
We are also excited over Nathaniel and Danielle's ministry plans
for reaching people groups here in the northern Amazon. They are
now members of New Tribes Mission and are hoping to have enough
support by the end of the year to relocate to Manaus and begin
language study.
They are an adventuresome and versatile couple with personal
backgrounds in tribal work. You will be blessed by their blog at
ntm.org/nathaniel-shrift
Thank you all for your faithful support and continued prayers on
behalf of our whole and growing family!
In the service of our wonderful Jesus,
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