Exloring Life Eternal

The major international press has not noticed what has been happening in Rio city just lately. According to the media here, an army base was invaded by bandits late last week and some guns were stolen. In retaliation, and reportedly in an attempt to recover the weapons, the army has surrounded and invaded about ten of the major slums in Rio, with 1500 troops, tanks, armoured cars and helicopters, with another 1200 troops on standby. An apparenty innocent sixteen-year old boy was killed yesterday during one of these operations. (To put this operation, which is the largest in Rio in ten years, in perspective, the international peace keeping force in Haiti, which Brazil leads, has a total force of only 1200 troops). Fortunately, this is all happening a couple of hours drive away from us, although we should be visiting Rio city on Friday.
- from a Christian Worker (P.C. in Brazil near Rio de Janero)

PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF CHRIST JESUS TO REIGN

Thank you. We have in our church a weekly prayer breakfast and we are mission minded.

God bless you.

B.T., from Brazil

BRAZIL. Missionary Keith Jefferson writes: "Good News! The 'wicked witch' of the Casinhas quilombo (an interior village inhabited by former slaves) is not dead. No, praise God, she is saved! In addition, one of her daughters, who was a prostitute in Casinhas, has also committed her life to Jesus. This happened recently when a volunteer team from Texas was working in the quilombo. A Brazilian missionary couple who work 15 days each month in Casinhas informed us that these two women are the most well-known women of the village and surrounding areas. And now, many quilombolas are talking about their conversion. Praise God! The former prostitute has asked forgiveness of the wives of the men with whom she had been and is now being accepted by the women of the village. Unfortunately, her daughter (the witch's granddaughter) is still a prostitute, so please pray for her salvation. Thank God for the six new converts who have recently been baptized and for the many others to w hom we have witnessed while volunteer groups have helped meet physical needs through eye and dental clinics, well-drilling, etc."