Dear Friends and Loved ones:

I apologize for the delay in getting the news out to you. I have been running several different ways these days, and time has gotten away from me.

Church:
We have had a few set backs again it seems. We have lost a few young people. I turned the youth department over to one of the Church leaders, and he has not done well with them. Rebecca and I have tried to get some of the people in the church interested in the work, knowing that in one year, we will be leaving on furlough. The fellow I turned the youth over to is a graduate of the Bible institute, but as you may know, it takes a certain type of person to be able to work with young people. Pray that we can iron all this out soon. We had another bus robbed in front of the church Saturday. I thought we were over that kind of stuff, but I guess not. Pray for continued safety for our people. I don’t think that I have ever worked in a place like Campos Sales.  

Building: 
We have the costs of the building material in our hands now, and we shocked at the amount of the price of rebar and iron it is going to take to build the first phase of the building. We have about one third of the funds it is going to take at the moment, just to build the first half of the building. Thank you Pastor Rick Austin, and church for your help, we have already invested your gift in the building. Pray that we can have the first half of the building done by next May,  

Institute:
We graduated the two men that have been helping us in Campos Sales. I believe they are going to be a blessing to the church in our absence also. We have six others who will graduate next semester, so the class room will be a lot smaller unless we get some new students this next semester and next semester.

We are going to be teaching in another Bible institute in August, and also continue to teach in the Parintins institute in August or November again. Praise the Lord for these schools and the men and women who attend them.  

Family:
Our son John III arrived Saturday, he is getting things organized and getting back into the swing of things here. Pray that the army does not call him. He has 30 days to settle with them, and we are anxious to see what is going to happen. He came to teach at ACLIA our school for Mk’s, but he may end up the Army here. Wouldn’t that be a surprise! Daniel is enjoying his last summer, and as of May 2007, he will be officially unemployed. Nick continues in Wisconsin .

We have also been able to get another teacher for ACLIA. This will be a big help to us, because Rebecca will not have to teach this year. Praise the Lord! I thought for sure that we were not going to be able to bring her in, but the Lord must have pulled some strings for us!  

We thank each and every one of you for your continued prayers and support. We thank the Lord for letting us be a part of His wonderful plan here in Brazil . Thank you!

His for Brasil
John. Rebecca, John III, and Daniel Hawkins

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