Dear Friends and Supporters,
In Second Corinthians 5:7 we are reminded, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” I (Dan) have been meditating on this verse recently, and it gives me great comfort to know that, even when we can’t see what’s ahead, God sees everything, and He will never lead us in the wrong path.
As we mentioned in our last letter, we asked that you continue to pray for a pastor for the Deaf church in São Paulo. Just last month, God answered our prayers and sent a pastor to the Bible Baptist Church for the Deaf in São Paulo! God miraculously worked and brought back a former pastor of the Deaf church that had already served there for seventeen years. He and his wife have been away from the Bible Baptist Church for twelve years, and God answered our prayers in a tremendous way. THANK YOU to all who prayed with us about this!
A few weeks ago, Pastor Lucas in the Bible Baptist Church for the Deaf in Arujá baptized two people, a husband and wife. This is a hearing couple that started coming to church at the end of 2024 because of a deaf family member who is a member of the church. After hearing the Gospel and receiving Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, they have been faithfully going to church, growing spiritually, improving their sign language ability, and serving the Lord. They have been a wonderful blessing and help in the church in Arujá.
Just recently we spent five days at BIMI for Enrichment Week. This is a time set aside for missionaries on furlough to get enriched, revived, relax a little, be encouraged, and enjoy good fellowship with other missionaries. Our mission board does a wonderful job of catering to the children and teens to make sure they have an awesome “E-Week.” While there, Dr. Mike Edwards preached the Word to us with some timely messages that ministered to us in a special way. We also were able to talk with other veteran missionaries about our new ministry and get some ideas, suggestions and direction for possible ministry opportunities. It was a necessary time for us to get away for a few days as God confirmed to us that the need for more laborers to the Deaf is urgent, and that God can use us to be instruments in showing this need to others. Although we are only in the beginning phase of this new ministry, we are excited about the possibilities of more people surrendering to Deaf missions.
In August, we will be going to a church in Iowa to help with Vacation Bible School, and then to a church in Maryland to help them start a Deaf ministry. Thank you for your prayers for our family as we minister there.
We are still in the process of calling pastors to schedule meetings in our supporting churches. We would be happy to give a report in your church of our last four years in Brazil, and also to present what we believe God is doing to open up new opportunities for us in order to have a greater impact in the Deaf world. We want to visit as many of our supporting churches as possible, so please get in touch with us at pastordaniel.brasil@gmail.com, or you can call Dan at (839)235-7349.
That all may “hear,”
Dan & Becky Bennett