Hello everyone! January has been a great month for the Bairs. We traveled to two churches and spent the day speaking and presenting our ministry. Both experiences were great and we left very encouraged. We also had two “brazil parties”. These parties were brazil-themed gatherings of family and friends where our ministry was presented and questions were answered. It was a lot of fun and a great venue to inform individuals how they can get involved with what we are doing.

January also brought in more support. We are now at 48% after 6 months! This puts us on target to reach our goal of leaving for Brazil in January of 2009. I praise God for what He is doing.

I also had the awesome privilege of baptizing a student who trusted in Christ last semester! January was a great month. I do want to share some prayer requests:

• Pray that God continues to lead us to the right churches and individuals to partner with.
• Pray the the Lord will give us wisdom about when to sell our house and that it will sell in this slow market.
• Pray for a student named Kyle that he will come to know the Lord as his Savior. He is a roommate of one of the students who is coming to my small group Bible study.
• Pray for a student named Jessica who doesn’t know the Lord but is really searching and will be meeting with Teresa in the next week.

Thank you again for your prayers they mean much to us.

The Bairs
Acts 20:24