Quarterly 3, 2008

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Dear Supporters and Praying Friends,

          “Over the hill” is often a term we think of when we turn fifty.  Maybe we feel “mature” or “experienced” when we go “over the hill.”  Usually we just feel plain old.  Whichever the case, our family is rejoicing to be over the hill!  In the last quarter, we saw 4 new churches partner with our ministry.  Our family has crossed the 51% mark.  This milestone has provided renewed vigor and momentum for our family, and we’re going to need it as we encroach upon the most arduous stretch of traveling for the year.  A church of just a couple of people in Alpena, MI, thought they were small in number, sought to prove how big their God was to supply their need to give to missions.  It was a good reminder that no matter the size of a church, if they are willing to be used of God as a funnel of His resources, He can do mighty things through them.  We want to say a special “thank you” to all of our supporting churches and individuals who have faithfully been behind our family.  And to our faithful prayer supporters who have prayed us to this point, we say “thank you.”
 

           We have had some people e-mailing us asking for a status on our van, and we wanted to make sure that the ordeal was over before we said anything.  In July our dashboard electronics caught on fire. The electrical fire had done significant damage to many of the controls.  The Lord provided a temporary van for our family to use while we left ours in the auto shop.  We a pleased to report, after our $100 deductible, the insurance company covered the cost of all the repairs from the fire.   We praise the Lord that the van was repaired just in time before our next stint of trips.  The Lord is always on time.

The Lord has blessed further in the area of written materials.  We just recently came across a supply of Bible available to us for use in Brazil.  We have begun a process of shipping them to Brazil for use in witnessing and Bible studies.  Secondly we very happy to report that we have also been able to negotiate an agreement with an established tract producer which will allow us to produce our own Portuguese tracts in Brazil  The produce has supplied us with the high-quality graphics and production has already begun.  We found that we are able to produce our own for pennies per tract versus the higher prices needed to order them; prices which were more than the Brazilian churches are able to afford.
 

           Over the next several months we have a completely full schedule.  We currently have 25 churches scheduled over the next 21 weeks.  We have the possibility of adding a couple of more churches to the schedule.  We begin our schedule August 7th and finish this year December 14th.  Please be sure to keep our family in prayer as we cover many thousands of miles.  Also, please continue to prayer that this stretch will bring with it many new partnering churches.

Back in Brazil

           VBS went well but was a tiring week. We had over 120 children in all. The average most days was 50 and we had a high of 70 one day. Saturday was the day we gave an invitation and 28 children made salvation decisions. We have the names and addresses of each one and plan to make follow-up visits, offering a Bible study to each. We are glad that a good group came out on Sunday too. We pray that some will continue to attend church faithfully and that we can reach their families for the Lord.

            We praise the Lord for the salvation of Aginaldo out of a Roman Catholic background.  He is very eager to learn God’s Word and is presently on the second of four Bible studies in John.  Please Pray for him as his wife left him because he became a Christian and left the Roman Catholic Church.  Her name is Maria.  Please pray urgently for her salvation.

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For those of you who hold us in prayer,
1. Praise the Lord for  the repairs to the van.
2. Praise the Lord for such a full Schedule.
3. Praise the Lord for reaching 51%.
4. Pray that we will continue to see an increase in support over the next several months.
5. Pray that the Lord continues to direct us to the churches He wants to use to partner with us.
6. Pray for Maria’s salvation

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Your Fellow-Laborers,
The Kovachs