Dears Pastor Phil and Mrs. Dacre,      Campinas, 8th August, 2000

Praise the LORD, o my soul, and all that is within me praise His Holy Name.

Thank you very much for your e-mails of God's Word and of the mission. I
was happy to know that Alan and Jenny Bate have got their fines paid back
to them by the police. Praise the LORD, for His justice is like the great
mountains.

Please, excuse me, for I have not been in touch with you.
I am blessed, and learning how to rest and to wait on the Lord Jesus. My
grant in the university has finished, and I am still looking for jobs. I am
spending more time job hunting outside the university, and that is why I am
not using the computer facilities of the university. I am praising the
LORD, because Lígia Raquel is patiently waiting till my situation is
solved, till I get an employment, so that I will be able to marry her. I am
very happy with Lígia Raquel. Praise the LORD. God is good, for He is
making me able to learn beautiful lessons of faith and of not to be
anxious. Please, pray for me. Many thanks.

Praise the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endures for ever.

Praise the LORD - Dona Olga went recently to do lots of check-ups in the
hospital, and all her medical examinations have resulted on normal health
condition. She praises the LORD, for He has used me faithfully when I have
laid my hands on her.

Praise the LORD - Dona Maria de Lurdes was rushed into the hospital a few
weeks ago, and she was placed into the intensive care unit, because of her
serious illness in her heart. Her son, named Maurício, phoned me up asking
for help, and I said to him: "Next time you see your mother, say to her to
speak and to repeat "By the stripes of Jesus I was healed". On the
following day she received this message, and she did obey it: all day long
she was saying inside the intensive care unit "By the stripes of Jesus I
was healed". The LORD has blessed her: the doctors have released her on the
day after, and have sent her home". She and her son were so happy, and were
praising the LORD with great joy. Then I paid a visit to Dona Maria de
Lurdes, and the LORD led me to give my whole testemony of how I became a
born again Christian, to teach her the good lessons of John 3, Romans 10:
9-10, and parts of I John. I also laid my hands on her, and the power of
the Holy Spirit went into her. She asked me to lay my hands also on her son
and on her maidservants. Two days later, Dona Maria de Lurdes went to the
doctor, and he said to her after his examination: "With a heart like yours,
you will be able to live another 20 years (she is around 70 years old)".
She was very thankful to GOD, and she gave praises to the Lord Jesus for
her healing.

Praise the LORD - Maurício, son of Dona Maria de Lurdes, on last Saturday
woke up with his back totally bent, with a lot of pains. I only found that
out from him when I met him in the night time on the same day. The healing
virtue of the Holy Spirit went into him, and he was able to stand up right,
with his back in the right vertical position again. Lígia Raquel and his
girlfriend were there as well, and they also witnessed to this miracle of
the Lord Jesus. All glories went to GOD. We all praised the LORD.

Praise the LORD - Almighty God is using me, giving me a lot of compassion
and love to people, to bring His Word and His Power to heal the sick and
the broken hearted: family relationships were restored, pains on the neck
healed, pains in the muscles of Lígia Raquel healed, jobs to some others,
and so on. All Glories go to GOD, for He is the Only One who does these
things. Praise the LORD.

Please, Pastor Phil, send my best regards and love in Christ to all our
brothers and to all our sisters in the mission. I really miss all of you.
As they say in Yorkshire: "EE BY GUM". Thank you very much.

My best regards and love in Christ to you two, Madge, Rachel and Michael,
from yours, brother Ralf.