Adam & Melissa Gibson
Missionaries to Portugal
Association of Baptists for World Evangelism
April 2025
Wow, things have been so busy here! We are thankful for all of the ministry that is going on in the church plant here as well as with other ministries in the greater Lisbon area. We have had the opportunity to be involved with other churches as we join with them for special events. One of those events is a young adults event that is happening every other month. It is a time when 18-35 year olds get together, have snacks and get to know other believers from other churches. With believers being so few within Portugal, the opportunity to meet other believers is difficult for people who are looking for a spouse. It has been great to see them take this ministry and run with it as we oversee. They have different pastors and young men in ministry come teach from God’s Word about their responsibilities as young believers. We are so excited about this ministry. The youth group at church is growing as well. We have been going through apologetics and talking about why we believe what we believe and how we can defend it. The teens are loving it as they are bombarded with wicked worldly viewpoints on all kinds of moral issues. It is so exciting to teach from Scripture that truth does exist and there is hope in this world that is found only in Christ. Recently, Melissa was involved with a cookie workshop put on by a missionary named Kim, that was held at our church. There were a number of visitors and some even have started coming to Sunday services! Sometimes it is little things like baking cookies that create friendships with people in the community who enjoy doing the same things you do, and that gives you the opportunity to talk with them about their relationship with God. In March we started a marriage Bible study. This has been a great time with married couples in the church to get together and talk about the fact that we all have struggles in our marriages. We started out by asking the simple question, what were you expecting when you got married? It has been a great time of iron sharpening iron as the group is made up of couples who have been married from 3 years to 25 years. Marriage is under attack and satan wants all of our marriages to fail, so that the family will fail. What are you doing to strengthen your marriage? We are loving this special time with other married couples in the church.
Easter Service! This Sunday we will be having a special Easter service where we will combine the International and Portuguese services. It will be a great time of singing praises to our Saviour in both Portuguese and English. The sermon will be translated from Portuguese to English as well. We are praying that your Easter service goes well and that many visitors come and hear about what Jesus has done to save them from their sins.We are renting a space this week because our space can barely hold everyone for one service, let alone two. Please pray with us as we would love to buy a larger building!!!
Prayer Request and Praise: • Please pray about giving a special gift for us to buy a large enough space for the church to meet. • Praise that the church continues to grow! We had a new family visit last week and they said they want to continue to come! • Please pray for the marriage Bible study and that marriages in the church would be strengthened and that families would grow. • Please pray for the salvation of friends we have made in our community. Specifically Antonio, Ana and Ishmael. • Praise the Lord that we are in the community we are in and that we can be a light.
