Joel & Angela Ketcham Serving in Brazil, South America
We are moving to Brazil June 15 & 16, 2009 for our first term. We are excited to see how the Lord is going to grow us & use us while there. We would greatly appreciate your coming along side us and praying with us. Thank you so much!
Please pray with us:
~as we travel June 15 & 16, 2009
~for our family to adjust well
~for us to learn Portuguese well
~for our focus to remain on Christ!
June 15, 2009…
Not long till we head to Brazil! Time is just flying by…in some ways it’s hard to believe that it’s time for us to be leaving. In other ways, it seems like we’ve been moving toward this goal for quite a while.
We are soooo excited to be heading to Brazil to begin our ministry. Our first year will be spent learning Portuguese down in southern Brazil, but we know it will go by fast.
We can’t wait to be at PQQ. However, knowing our host cultures language will be a great benefit. Especially since we are planning on being involved in the Outreach program….so it’s off to Via (southern Brazil) and then back to PQQ after that.
So that’s what is going on with us right now….just preparing to head to the banks of the Amazon. Not many people get to say that. For this reason we feel privileged & blessed.
Now don’t get us wrong, there is nothing special about us. Often people tell us that they ‘could never be a missionary.’ Well, we can’t either. We are just normal people, with normal problems, with normal fears…isn’t it amazing that God is willing to use us (and we mean you too…wherever you are, doing whatever you do)?
Here’s a quote to end with…"God uses the ordinary to do the extraordinary." Not sure who said it or where it’s from, but we know it’s true.