Dear friends and family,

     Miguel is finally here!! Audrey‘s labor started at 5 am on Sunday morning and we went to the hospital by 10:30. She was 2 centimeters dilated when we arrived and only progressed to 3 and a half by 9:30 that night. We thought it may need to be another c-section because of the slow progress and were getting a little discouraged. The doctor came to check again 2 hours later and said we must have had people praying because she was ready to push!! We told her we certainly had a crowd praying for us. Miguel came early on Monday morning at 1:15 weighing 7 lbs 9 ounces.
     We want to thank all of you for praying for Audrey and Miguel and to encourage you that your prayers were heard for even the doctor mentioned it. They are both doing well now and arrived home from the hospital on Wednesday.
     Missions work doesn‘t stop with the birth of a baby. Bruno was even working out details with a church in Pittsburg, PA, for a last minute missions conference next weekend. He will be there all weekend and is responsible for three teaching times. The first is during a program on Saturday night and he will be teaching children ages 4 through 6th grade. Sunday morning he will have the teenagers for the Sunday School hour then he will be given 15 minutes during the service to share about our ministry.

Prayer Requests:

     1.   Praise the Lord for a beautiful and healthy baby boy!

     2.   Pray for our family as the "three of us" are adjusting to being the "four of us."

     3.   Please pray for the church in Pittsburg to be receptive to what Bruno has to share about missions and our ministry.

In Him,

Bruno & Audrey Couto