LifePointe Church of Atwater

06/05/2026

June Ministry & Family Update 🌎

Overall, we're doing well and are grateful for all the ways God continues to provide and work. It's been a very busy season, and we have a lot coming up this summer.

We're helping several new people as they begin orientations, and there are many summer activities and ministry opportunities ahead. Joe stays busy helping families who are traveling, assisting with building projects, and helping with repairs in remote areas. Erin has been working with many families through natural healthcare, helping them address health concerns and build healthier foundations.

One thing many people don't realize is that a lot of our ministry and healthcare work is done remotely through voice and video calls 💻. Whether we're supporting families in remote locations, or working with clients on health concerns, technology allows us to serve people across Brazil and beyond without leaving home.

The kids have finished school and are enjoying their summer break ☀️, which has been a nice change of pace for all of us. We're looking forward to spending some extra time together as a family while staying busy with ministry throughout the summer.

Thank you so much for your prayers, encouragement, and support ❤️. We are truly grateful for each of you and the role you play in helping make this ministry possible. Your prayers matter, and we appreciate them more than we can say. We are excited to see what God has in store in the months ahead!

Prayer Requests 🙏

1. Joe has a flu bug 🤒, please pray he feels better soon and that the rest of us stay healthy!

2. Liam recently had some adjustments made to his therapy program. We are seeing continued progress and are very thankful! There are three main areas we're hoping to see improvement in before he graduates:
• Talking with people outside of close friends and family. He has made huge progress this year, but still has a ways to go.
• Clothing flexibility. He currently wears the same five outfits with a hood almost 24/7. We'd love to see continued growth in this area. A recent win was that he finally accepted short-sleeve hoodies in the heat, which was a big deal! 🎉
• Hearing sensitivity. Even with his headphones, we use level-one sound and cut it in half, and it is still very loud for him. When he first started sound therapy, he could only tolerate 2–3 minutes because it was so painful. He is now up to 15 minutes, which is encouraging progress! 🎧

3. Please pray for our finances 💛. Our monthly pledged support is currently around 57%. Erin's job is going through some changes, and her pay will decrease for a while. We are also still paying off a significant amount from Joe's surgery several years ago.

05/31/2026

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05/19/2026

Apparently this is going to be one of THOSE weeks… 😅🙈

So yesterday I went to start the dryer and it immediately started screaming at me with this awful, high-pitched wail 😳🔊💀. I shut it off as fast as possible, unplugged it, and told Joe as soon as he got home that it definitely needed checked out.

Joe pulled the dryer away from the wall and saw a bunch of leaves behind it and goes, “Oh great… a rat made a nest.” 🐀🍂😬

So he starts poking around back there… and suddenly came face to face with THIS ugly beast 😱🫣🦝 (okay, not a rat… but close enough in creep factor 😂). Turns out an opossum had decided our dryer area was prime real estate and moved in 🏠🍂🙃

Don’t worry though — Joe safely relocated it and the little squatter was completely unharmed ❤️🌳

Me? I got the full-body creeps 😖🤢. They are ugly, smelly, and I absolutely loathe them 🙈

Anyway… after spiders in the kitchen and now an opossum behind the dryer… I am officially requesting a BORING day today please and thank you 😅🙏☕✨

05/13/2026

04/18/2026

Please keep these few things in prayer for this month!

1. **Our permanent visas** – we’ve started the process and are waiting to hear back. We did find out we’ll be required to fly to southern Brazil, since we can’t finalize everything here. Sadly, all of us have to go, which will be expensive, but it’s necessary—and something we’ve been praying for for a long time!

2. **Moving** – we’re very excited to be in a MUCH quieter and safer neighborhood, but moving is stressful… trust me, we’ve done it over 20 times since becoming missionaries. Pray especially for Liam and Erin—it’s really hard on them. Liam had a day where he wouldn’t eat or talk and was stimming for the first time in over 2 years. We’re still working full days, so we just pack and move a load each evening. It’s already been over 2 weeks like this, and we still have a ways to go.

3. **Getting settled** – pray as we get our new place in order. There’s major cleaning and some mold issues we need to address, and it usually takes about 2 months to get mosquitoes under control inside - the house had been open before we moved in (no window screens here).

4. **Support** – we’re around 60% of our pledged monthly support right now. Our rent is much higher than before, so we’re praying for more support or for Erin’s work to increase—either way—so we can continue to pay down our medical debt like we had been alongside our normal expenses.

Thank you all so much for your continued prayers and support—we truly need them and appreciate them more than we can say!