http://www.prayforjohn.com John & Bev Leonard, Missionaries to Brazil Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:33:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.prayforjohn.com/?p=116 Dear Prayer Team, ... http://www.prayforjohn.com/?p=115 VISITATION This is always one of the highlights of our week—to go out and visit the unsaved of our neighborhood. Pictured here is Senhor Antonio who has cancer and is also in a wheelchair. Once again, thank you for your prayers as Bev and I go out spreading the ... http://www.prayforjohn.com/?p=112 NEW LIFE We praise the Lord that two men (Marcio and Guilherme) who have been coming to church faithfully with their families, have accepted Christ as their Savior. Rejoice with us!! Please pray as on-going discipleship is done and that these men will soon not only be saved, but ... http://www.prayforjohn.com/?p=107 Merry Christmas!! Just kidding! South of the equator, poinsettias bloom in June/July, as you can see!! It makes sense, since it is "winter" down here right now, and in the States, (or north of the equator,) they bloom around Christmas time. It is interesting, though, that down ... http://www.prayforjohn.com/?p=108 Dear Praying Friends, II Corinthians 4:16 says "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day." What a comfort this verse has been to us!! In the midst of trials, we know that the Lord ... http://www.prayforjohn.com/?p=106 Dear Praying Friends,PEOPLEPraise the Lord for His goodness!! Thank you for your prayers for the outreach ministry we had on Saturday, August 11th. Sixty people from a church in a neighboring town came for the day to help us canvass the entire area here with tracts and invitations ... http://www.prayforjohn.com/?p=105 PRAISE -That Josh came through the hip surgery well, and is recuperating in Chariton, IA. -That we had great attendance at our church services yesterday despite the low temperatures (53 degrees and no heat in the church building!) -That the new believers are growing and excited about the ... http://www.prayforjohn.com/?p=104 Just a note to thank you all for praying for our Corn Fest. It was a great success--the Lord stopped the rain!!! Please take a moment to thank Him for this wonderful answer to prayer. It was a picture perfect day...we were able to ... http://www.prayforjohn.com/?p=103 Dear Prayer Team, Greetings from the rain forest of Brazil!! Well...we are not exactly in the rain forest, but it is raining, and where we live, there are lots of trees, wild birds such as parrots, toucans, small squirrels, and last week, we saw ... http://www.prayforjohn.com/?p=102