April 2000

Since we last wrote to you during the Christmas season, our family took a relaxing 10-day vacation on the southern beaches of Brazil, spent lots of time in the water and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Upon our return home, the kid’s went bank to school and Marta and I to our work.

Jenny’s health worsened somewhat at the end of the year. So in early January her doctor requested another colonoscopy. Several biopsies were taken and as a result, we learned that her condition is actually Crohn’s disease, another inflammatory bowel syndrome similar to the acute colitis she was original diagnosed with. Consequently her treatment has been adjusted and she has shown definite improvement. Thank you so much for your prayers.

Yesterday I met with church leaders of the Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil to review plans for the identification and mapping of the least evangelized peoples and river populations of Amazonia. I cannot overemphasize the strategic nature of this project in partnership with Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship and ask for your prayers that God would clearly direct all parties involved so that emerging projects of compassion and evangelism will have a profound impact on this region.

I’ll keep this note short because we want to invite you to check out our new home page at http://www.redrival.com/carriker. It is almost fully functional. But pictures on the Family page and the Ministry Page do not yet link up to their enlargements. Hopefully we’ll get that fixed soon. This is our first stab at creating a home page, so we welcome your comments, additions, and suggestions.

The richest blessings of Christ to you all,

Tim & Marta Carriker
Rua Dona Rosa de Gusmão, 565
Jardim Guanabara
Campinas SP 13073-120
Brazil

E-mail: carriker@mpc.com.br

Http://redrival.com/carriker/

The 2000 Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study, p. 252