Dear friends, Thank you all for your precious prayers for our ministry here. God continues to bless us in an abundance of riches that could only come from the King! Last week we shared about some of the children from the community we serve and their first time at camp. If you missed that post […]
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First Time at Camp (Part 2)
Dear Friends, Back in October we asked prayers for a really special event. Seven of the children of the single mom’s from the Joana Bezerra community we serve were heading to their First Time at Camp. Thank you SO much for your prayers! It was a mountaintop experience for the children! Rauane, Jennyfer, Maria Vitória, […]
Street Christmas 2024
Dear partners in prayer, Thank you so much for your perseverance in prayer for our ministry. The last few months brought some struggles and challenges but there’s plenty of good news from the work here! We have a lot to catch you up on over the next few weeks. I wanted to share a video […]
First Time at Camp
Dear friends, No videos or long posts this time. Just a heartfelt request for prayers. For the first time for our ministry and for seven precious children, we’ll be taking a group of kids from the favela to a Christian camp this week. I was visiting with the mom’s today (all single, raising these kids […]
When Old Men Dream Dreams
I’ve never been quite sure what to do with dreams. But I had a very striking one in early 2023. The more I pondered and prayed about it I became persuaded it was something I needed to act on. It was a dream of training leaders in Portugal! I experienced my first International Leadership Institute […]