Welcome to our first-ever eNewsletter! This new method of communication will allow us to keep in touch with you and let you know about the exciting things that are happening in our ministry. We hope you find the format of this email easy to read, and easy to use (for example, you can click any button at the top to jump directly to a page on our website). If you know someone else who might like to receive these updates, please have them contact us, or you can give us their email and we'll send them an invitation to join.

Aside from introducing our new eNewsletter, we are also excited to announce the debut of our brand-new website, www.aointernational.org! Kevin Lockwood, who has joined our team as a volunteer, designed this site to give Agape a strong presence on the internet and to allow instant access to more detailed information about our organization. If you haven't stopped by in a while, make sure to take a moment and browse the different pages. Once again, if you know someone who might be interested in learning more about our organization, please send them the link to our website.

Finally, we wanted to tell you about our upcoming scouting and planning trip to the cities of Sao Paulo and Urucurituba. During the last week of October and the first week of November, Tim Hoff and Kevin Lockwood will be traveling to Brazil to make some of the final arrangements before we can start building our first structure (hopefully beginning as soon as next summer). We'll send out more detailed information about this trip in the next installment of our eNewsletter, but in the mean time, please help us by praying for the final details to come together.

Thanks again for your support of our ministry! Without your prayers, encouragement and assistance, we could not function. May God bless you and your family as we enter this wonderful Fall season!