Most recent update:

Dear family and friends,

It's been awhile since we wrote, but in our last email we mentioned that we needed to find someone to live in our house here while we are in the States for our six month furlough. We want to thank you for any time that you asked the Lord to meet that need -- He has answered in a wonderful way!

A couple who will be studying Portuguese here in Vianopolis from January until May will be staying in our house. We will be able to leave out our furniture, appliances, and even kitchen items for them to use since they won't be bringing those things with them. They've offered to let us use one of the three bedrooms to store some of our personal belongings instead of taking everything up to the attic -- wow! It will make our packing up so much simpler and will also be a blessing to them. How we thank the Lord for arranging this situation for our family and for them.

Thank you, also, for praying for Paul and the heavy load at aviation. He is feeling like it is a bit more manageable lately and that he'll be ready to leave in December with several things checked off his list.

Some of you may remember us writing about Gujo, an Indian girl who received Christ as her Savior two years ago and has been studying at a Bible school. Last month we got news that her brother, Marcelo, had disappeared. He had left the village in a boat to meet some people, and the next day the boat arrived without him. At first it was assumed that he had drowned, however, when they didn't find his body but instead were seeing human tracks in the area, they then began to consider some other scenario. As of yet, we don't know if Marcelo has returned to the village or what has transpired. Keith and Heidi, translators who work with this group, are currently in the village. They will be returning here to Vianopolis next week, so we hope to hear that Marcelo is alive and back with his family. Though this time has been terribly difficult for Gujo and her family, she was able to read Scripture and pray with them. Some family members showed much more interest than ever before. We are praying that the Lord will open their hearts and minds to the good news of salvation through faith in Christ.

We'd appreciate prayer for our furlough planning as well. We leave here on December 11, so we're in the stage of making lists for this and that but not seeing as much progress as we'd like in actually accomplishing what is on our lists! We plan to be in the States from December to May, spending most of that time in Iowa. We hope to see many of you, so if there are specific dates that work best for you, please contact us and we'll try our best to arrange a visit. We will be mailing out a "snail mail" letter to everyone in the next couple of weeks, so you can be looking for that to arrive.


Much love,
Angie for us all

Paul and Angie Kimball
Caixa Postal 7
75260 Vianopolis, GO
Brasil, South America

We're grateful for your prayers, and for the Lord who is worthy of our trust.

Love in Him,
Angie, for us all