Co-worker Tim Anderson - Working together in community Along with this new job comes a helper, co-coordinator Tim Anderson. He lives in the house and shares in the duties of caring for these young men. He is also helping in the labor of reconstruction. Tim is a native Texan and comes via California where he spent the last 5 years working with street children in urban cities. 4 years ago he was with Abba short term and is really into helping the boys work through their problems and growing up years .

Making them part of the family - It's a Boy, 5 new young people are part of our family. We've adopted 5 young men into the family. The young men are Arlindo, Jozimar, Diego, Renilson, and Reginaldo. Their ages range from 16 to 21. We're working hard to make these young men feel part of the family. We do daily Bible study, oversee their schooling and help them find jobs. They work during the day and go to school at night. This keeps them plenty busy and keeps us on our toes with 4 more in school. In this short time back, they have had to move houses, change jobs, and change caretakers in charge. It requires a lot of prayer and rolling with the punches.
Here are some of the boys: - Renilson, Arlindo, Josimar, Reginaldo and Diego... .

• The Republic House has plans to begin extensive remodeling. Please pray we will get the needed permits soon as well as the finance to forge ahead. The project can move forward with one time gifts: one time gifts
  1. Redoing all the utilities for the house: Water, electrical, phone, gas for cooking and dryer, sewage septic system.
  2. Raising the walls and repainting the whole house.
  3. A new roof.
  4. A new gate.
• Pray for the worker we need to hire to get the construction underway on the remodeling of the boys house called Republic House for 14-18 yr old boys.
• Pray for more workers to cover the needs of three houses, the Elohim House with boys age 8-13, the Hope House for girls and the Republic House. We are praying for those interested in these young people's lives. Hope House {for the girls} needs 3 ladies, and Elohim house {for the boys} needs 2 men and a lady.
• Pray for Vinicius (9 yrs old) who has run away three times from ABBA. His mother calls and says to come and get him because the judge has said he can't live with her. He needs the love that only the Lord can give.
• Pray that the final needs of Ben Krauss and Delton and Fernie Hochstedler will be met so they can join our team in Brazil.

• A new gate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .>
• Health, strength and laughter on our lips in the face of much hard work.
• A little rest and relaxation came at a retreat over Easter with the ABBA workers.
• For all who have prayed for us and helped us remain on the field.
• Ana, one of the girls from the Hope House, was adopted into a new family.

Last revised on :: 24th Apr 2008 ::