Dear friends in Christ,

the following prayer requests are of most importance:

* The drought in our region is still severe. They say it’s the worst drought for the past 50 years! There are cities a few miles from us which have water for three days and then without for the next 28 days. Please pray hard that He may open the skies!


* Pray for my friend Cassiano, please. He has been out of drugs since our last e-mail, but he hasn’t attended service nor church activities. He has made some bad choices recently due to his chemical abstinence.

* Dayse is supposed to start this new job in January. Yet there are many question marks unanswered. Also, our daughter Hannah enrolled in a short-term missionary program! We are supporting her in this decision, but we don't know whether it's the Lord's will for her.

* A heartfelt thank-you to all those who prayed for Dayse and her sister Carla at the time of their father’s passing.




Shalom

Bio and Dayse Nascimento




“The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart;
devout men are taken away,
while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
he enters into peace;
they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness.”

Dear friends and prayer supporters in Christ,

Here are some prayer requests for you to bring before our Father:

* Thanksgiving – it has been 10 years now in June since we returned from Abilene, TX, and I finished my studies at ACU. I want to give thanks to a number of people from Oak Hills Church whose names have been a constant support to our lives since early 2002! Also, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to a number of professors from ACU who impacted my life and my theological thinking during those intense years of study.

* Pray please for the students in the classes I have been teaching since February—Apologetics, Basic English [Gospel of Mark], and the Spiritual World. I should conclude these classes by the end of May. Pray that the lessons will be good not just to their heads but their hearts as well.

* Last weekend we had our second Homiletics Training Seminar for new servant-leaders from some of our churches. Pray as we prepare a new generation of servants, that they may be capable of publicly speaking anywhere.

Check out some photos:  https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117575192645370291148/albums/6139959303870422033

* Drought continues in some parts of Brazil and it is severe here in the Northeast. The raining season has begun but no strong rains so far.

* Dayse and I would appreciate your prayers on behalf of Hannah's decision on what degree she should pursue in college or even if she should put it on hold for while until she makes up her mind.

* Finally, pray please that I may use words wisely.

Abundant blessings upon you all,

Bio and Dayse Nascimento

“Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others.

But what we are is known to God,

and I hope it is known also to your conscience.”

Dear partner in Christ, here follows some more prayer requests:

* In the last few weeks we had five baptisms—three of them are from the same family! Praise God that there are always open hearts out there and people in the church always willing to share the good news of Jesus. Please pray for these new converts.

* It has rained sporadically since last week; however, we ask your prayers that the Lord may move this rain inland where the situation is really dire.

* Pray please for the health of Dayse’s father. It’s very fragile.

* There are protests against the government scheduled for tomorrow (Sunday 15) in all the major cities of the country. As the economy gets worse, the new buzz word in the media is “oust.”

“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.” 

 May his love kindness be present in each of you.

Bio and Dayse Nascimento, and the girls.