Easter Celebration - 2011

JESUS is Alive!!! 

           HE has Risen!!!              Death has been beaten!!! 

Celebrating an the beach!




Over 300 came together to celebrate the risen Lord on Easter Sunday, April 24th, 2011!  In the midst of God's creation, praises were lifted high and the Good News was shared!  What an awesome service!

  

 

  

JESUS is ALIVE!!!!

The Leadership and important prayer requests!



Meet the Leadership of the church in Carcavelos. From left to right:  Ricardo and Wasth - Dick and Sarah - Wilson and Elsa - and Robert and Derlani.

Robert sent some very important prayer requests for you to add to your prayer lists:

The prime-minister of Portugal has delivered his resignation because the parliament would not approve another change in the budget. However, José Socrates will remain in office until anticipated elections take place early in June. And he will probably run again for office. . .

The instability and the uncertainty of the social and political situation and the economy have affected the country as a whole, including the churches. While such difficult times usually make people more receptive to the Good News as they gradually lose hope in everything else, the churches here suffer from the lack of adequate finances. Unemployment tends to grow. Brazilian immigrants, among others, are giving up and returning to their countries.. . .

The church in Girona (Spain) had to leave the space they had been renting for the last couple of years because the Bank shut it down. Although the owner of the space received rent every month, he failed to pay the mortgage, unfortunately. The congregation is splitting the rent with another congregation now but going through this has been quite discouraging for those who had been attending up to this point. Despite the crisis in the economy and constant changes, the members had given time, energy and finances to bettering the rented space for the ministry and were excited about it. Please pray for the preacher Hernane and his wife Vera as they continue to reach out to the lost in what is probably the most secularized part of Spain.

Robert & Derlani Fife

Missionaries in Portugal

Please continue to pray for the Leadership of the various churches in Portugal and Spain.  Remember the Missionaries and their families as well!  God is in control!

Family and Ministry updates....

Deborah Lee and Christianne - the
pregnant sisters!  :o)

                                                                          

                  Pedro and Christianne will be having a little girl - Nicole around the 18th of May.

Paulo Jorge and Deborah Lee will be welcoming a little boy - Gabriel around July 22nd.

Please pray for both families as they prepare and await the arrival of their little blessings!


  Jeff, Anna and Joshua are also entering a new phase of life in Tennessee.  Jeff has accepted the Youth Minister position at the church they attend in Knoxville.  They are very excited and I ask that you remember them in your prayers as well!


Things are going well in Portugal!  Please keep the Fife Family in your prayers as well as the different ministries with which they are all involved - Church Leadership; encouragement to other ministers; the work in Girona, Spain; Ladies Ministries; teaching in the schools; and family life.