Dear Friends, Thanks so much for your prayers and support! With local restrictions being removed after the pandemic and more people out and about we have been B.U.S.Y! October 12th is “Children’s Day” in Brazil and all the kids hope for some kind of gift or surprise. We were a week late but with our […]
Archive | In His Footsteps
In His Footsteps: Where and how we try to walk in Jesus footsteps, serving the needy on the streets of Recife.
How far?
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” – Luke 19:10 There isn’t a more focused summation of Jesus’ purpose, and that which should be the goal of his disciples: seeking and saving the lost. We can’t save, Jesus does that, but we can seek and lead others to him. […]
Church in the Street – May 2022
One of our closest ministry partners in providing food and clothing to the needy took their name from a similar inspiration to ours: Church in the Street. Every week this precious ministry provides warm meals for 400 men, women, and children from a cart pushed through the streets of downtown Recife. I like to visit […]
Leadership Training During a Pandemic
To paraphrase Nathanael’s famous question in John 1:46, “can anything good come out of a pandemic”? By God’s power and grace, YES! The International Leadership Institute is a non-denominational ministry that hosts conferences in which leaders are encouraged to rediscover and renew eight core Christian values in their personal lives and ministry: Intimacy with God, […]
Inside the Circle
In early 2021 I felt the Lord leading me to learn more about childhood trauma and it’s long term impact on people. I’ve taken a few courses, read several books, and become more familiar with the lasting damage that trauma, especially in childhood, can cause. In the process I came across the Adverse Childhood Experiences […]