Bair – June 2010

Prayer Requests:
1. Trying to find a house to rent… not much luck so far. Pray that God leads us to the right house. We need a place that will fit our family needs and be in a good location for ministry.
2. Language school ends mid-September. It has been long and difficult but the end is insight (barely). Pray that we finish strong and keep our sanity. We are REALLY excited to get fully involved in church ministry down here.

New “Good News” Video

We’ve recorded a new video of Pastor Pat explaining the Good News. It will always be available under the About section of our website.

Togo Team Send Off Prayer

Pastor Pat Nemmers prays for the Togo Team before they leave for Africa.

Bair – February 2010

So, I think I’m officially the worst blogger ever. But, I’m going to try harder now-blog more often with smaller entries…I promise??

We have gone back to school after a 7 week summer break. At the beginning of the break, I was like, “7 weeks! I don’t want to miss school for 7 weeks!”. The week before we returned to school I was like, “7 weeks!! I don’t want to go back to school after 7 weeks!!”. It was so nice to have a break from studying and just be a mom and wife. We had a great break. We traveled the area a little, visited the beach a few times, even had a group come down from one of our supporting churches. It was really great to have visitors.

Well, we have completed 2 weeks since we returned. I think we’re adjusting well to jumping back in. Yesterday, I gave my first devotional in portuguese for class. It is certainly a different experience giving a devotional in a language that I speak like a preschooler. Really what it consisted of was thinking in english in words I could translate into portuguese and writing them on paper. It was more of a 3 minute testimony about a passage that is dear to my heart than it was a devotional. I actually thought it was way too fluffy and it seriously annoyed me, but it was as far as my current portuguese would take me! Then the actual presentation itself was simply reading the written out devotional in portuguese. I’m not sure how I did, but it was kinda cool to talk about the Lord in a different language! Lucas gives his this coming Friday…

We are settling into a church, which is great. It is “Comunidade Crista” in the Rincão bairro. (A bairro is like a village or neighborhood in cities. Cities here are all broken up into bairros.) We love it. We love the people. We love the pastor and family. The first time we visited in November we really felt like it was where we belonged. I’m sure I’ll share more about it in blogs to come.

Here is a video of highlights of Crossway Community Church’s recent visit.

Sub.Zero Recap Video

Josiah Johnson Memorial Service

Bair – January 2010

Watch a video update from Lucas & Teresa Bair.

Leonards on WHO TV 13

Bair – February 2009

Baptisms 2006

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