The elders of Apetina decided  Thursday January 3, during their elders meeting, that they would like to start the new year with a three day conference, starting Friday January 4! We’re encouraged that after a period of drinking and dancing, the elders want to lead their people back to their life in Christ. All preaching elders shared from the book of Acts.Monday January 14 an elders couple will go upstream to Tepu and Palemeu for an evangelistic outreach of two or three months. The journey by canoe takes at least two days over 7 rapids where they have to drag their canoe.Every morning there were three sermons and every afternoon two. Marco was asked to preach one sermon every morning and afternoon.  The other elders preached the other times. Sunday morning he was invited to lead the Lords Supper.It was beautiful to be encouraged by Gods love and faithfulness from the book of Acts and to see how many people took part in the Lord’s supper. It was a great wrap-up of our time in Apetina.The next morning Monday January 7 we flew to Paramaribo. Marco traveled to Orlando Thursday January 10. He stays with the Lytle’s until the beginning of WT’s LEAD meeting, which will be held from January 15 – 20.Marjolein is staying with our youngest daughter and her family  in Paramaribo until she flies to Manaus, Brasil, January 15 to assist Janet Burchett while Kamron is at the LEAD meeting.

Marco will fly to Manaus on January 20. Together with the Burchett’s we’ll attend the annual WEC Amazon team conference January 22 – 26. Afterwards we’ll have a couple more days to share as World Teamers. We’ll be flying back to Paramaribo on January 31.

Please pray for good contacts with the Amazon missionaries, since most of them speak only Portugese and we do not. May Gods love conquer all barriers.