Found Again --

Found Again --

Well, what can I say?
The date of my last entry on this blog was July 15th. It might not seem like much more than being too busy or forgetting.

The reality is, that at the end of July my wife, Marilou and I were moving into our new house here in Monroe, Washington, and looking forward to settling down in our new wonderful place.

What we did not know, was that seven weeks later, my wife would pass from this earth, from our new home into the arms of Jesus. September 3, 2011. I have been dealing with the realities of a new season of living alone after almost 40 years of marriage and companionship.

 In the midst of all of that, over the past two months I have been putting in long hours to finish an assignment that God gave me back in the Fall of 2008. This week marks the completion of that God Assignment. The result is a book called, When God Transforms the Desert - The Story of Algodao de Jandaira.

It is wonderful that I will be able to take copies of this new book with me as I travel back to Brazil in December. Algodao de Jandaira will be celebrating December 16th, and will be dedicating a memorial at the entrance of the city to commemorate what God has done in their city since the arrival of the "Believers" back in September of 2002.


It is an amazing story of God's love, his patience and his transforming power in lives, churches and the ecology.
My prayer is that this book will bring honor to the Lord and be a testimony to his transforming power. It is self-published, and the cost is $8.00 plus postage. If you are interested, contact me at steveloopstra@gmail.com.

I will be able to send them out when I return from Brazil, December 20th. We may be able to also make them available through The Sentinel Group's webstore at  www.revivalworks.com. They would make a wonderful Christmas gift - the gift of enlarging faith.

Pray for me as I travel to Brazil. I will be doing some teaching, and going back to the places where Marilou and I prayed and encountered the Lord in July 2010. It was so special, she asked that I scatter her ashes at those places where we had some of our most wonderful times.