Dear Family
and Friends:
A non-Native
family sat in front of their house watching vehicle after vehicle loaded with provisions
drive into the neighboring impoverished Ava Guaraní community called Yvapovondy.
This family was probably a little confused to see our car drive in nearly empty
and then leave filled with boxes of food. A group of Christ-followers in Yvapovondy
were so grateful for the overabundant donations from different sources that
they contacted Margarita and me to deliver their excess food to two other
impoverished Native communities. Give
thanks to God for our Ava brothers and sisters.
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| The community chief and Cristian with some of the food donated by Yvapovondy |
One young
man in Yvapovondy named Cristian teaches the Scriptures to his neighbors and
relatives. In order to support his ministry, I prayed and discussed Scripture
with him each week, but the mandatory quarantine in response to COVID-19 now
prevents our meetings. We continue the discipleship via telephone and have already
gone over the books of James and Galatians. Pray that God will work through Cristian to impact his and other Native
communities.
Two weeks
ago Cristian and I visited four communities to assess needs. The quarantine has
hit many Natives in Paraguay particularly hard. Most of the urban Ava and Mbya
Guaraní are day-laborers, and since they can’t work, they don’t have the means
to purchase food. We visited one Mbya community that doesn’t receive help from
other sources, and we found out they hadn’t eaten for days. They were one of the
recipients of Yvapovondy’s donations. Continue
to pray for the Native communities around the Asunción metropolitan area.
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| Giving thanks to Ñandejara (Our Lord) for three large bags of chipa donated by a local Christian baker to an urban Native community during Easter week. |
Last week, Margarita
spent a day teaching our children how to make a traditional Paraguayan bread
known as “chipa” that is especially eaten during Easter week. I spent a few days making
our yard more kid-friendly, which has proven to be a great blessing
since—when not doing homework—our children spend most of the quarantine playing there.
We give thanks for our health, but please
keep our household and Paraguay in your prayers. Also, pray for our
colleague who has a non-COVID 19 respiratory illness.
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| Gabrielli, Antoine and Ana having fun making chipa at home |
Cristian
and I discovered 55 families in four urban Native communities with dire need of
food. Margarita and I gathered provisions for 24 families and, before delivering them, we prayed. Moments later Yvapovondy notified us of their
donation for 20 families. Then, along the way, another ministry partner gave us
food for 30 families. Not only were we able to deliver the provisions to the 55
families and had a surplus to help two other Native communities, but we
also delivered the message that Jesus is the true bread who satisfies our
deepest hungers. Give thanks for the
promise that Jesus will never drive away whoever comes to him.
Happy Easter!
The Revett Family in Paraguay
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| Sharing about the Bread who gives life after delivering provisions |
