Doulos' First Trip!

Peace, friends.

A mission journey is always "crazy", because we never know what is ahead of us. But, by faith, we believe that everything that happens is part of God's plan.

This was the first trip made with Projeto Vida's new bus, which we named DOULOS. We took 45 missionaries on this trip, leaving Curitiba on Wednesday, June 2, at 11pm. It was a very long trip because it was the first and thus we don't really know the bus. Some unexpected things happened, (one of them was the shift stick being bad), but we finally arrived to Foz do Iguacu at 10am on Thursday.

We went there to participate in a missionary conference. This conference happens every two years, and is very good to help personal and ministerial growth. These were days of learning and blessings in the lives of our missionaries. We were hosted by the First Baptist Church of Foz and were very welcomed by our brothers and sisters in Christ.

As always, God surprised us with His miracles. It was no different in Foz. One day we were going to the activities and the bus broke down. When we got there, Pr. Miguel was parking the bus and a part that connects to the steering wheel broke. If this part had broken while we were driving the bus we could have had a very serious accident. But because God always protects us we understood this to be His hand freeing us from that danger.

The hardest issue was that this happened on Saturday night and all automotive part stores were closed and would be closed all Sunday too. We were blessed by our brothers at the church who took us by car to the church we were staying at. It took them many trips to get us all there, since we were so many. One of our brothers took us to a place that carried the part that broke and there we managed to get a new one. We bought it and Pr. Marcos replaced it and fixed the bus.

We went back to Curitiba by the grace of God, and with many blessings over us.

We truly thank you for all your prayers - they have been keeping us from many accidents.

We ask you to keep praying since this month (June) our teams will be working at schools, parks and streets in several places around Brazil.

Bell Shoals Visit to Brazil 2010

This picture is of one of the skits that our friends from Bell Shoals Baptist Church performed during this week of combined efforts with our teams. We were out in Curitiba and close by cities with our 3 teams. Alpha, led by Pr. Marcos, took the team led by Pr. Victor Flores. Logos, led by Pr. Eduardo, traveled with Rich Lazzara's team. And Agape, led by Pr. Rodrigo, took Paul Bolan's team.

We had a wonderful week with presentations at public schools, impact and social work at 3 parks, a visit to an indian village, an English school and a day of service at our headquarters.

The Lord was very kind to us and allowed us to see His work in so many occasions!

Thank you all for praying for all of us and for the many gifts sent to us!

Welcome DOULOS!!!

This is our FOURTH BUS! Bought by faith, following Jesus' command to GO!

Invest in one life - and it reaches many others!

We received a message we would like to share with you. It is from someone who has taken a bible discipleship study with us (lead by Pr. Wilson). Here we go:

"Peace of Christ, Pr. Wilson! Do you remember me? I took a bible study with you about five months ago. You sent me a wonderful book. My name is Gunnar Chaves, from Imbituba, SC.

I am writing to thank you for all your help. You sent me a Bible Course, a Christian book, some tracts (which have already been given out) and, I'm sure, you have prayed for me.

Dear Pastor, thank you so much. May God bless you greatly in every area of your life and I wish you prosperity for your spiritual and material life.

Today, after a little while, I already am a preacher of the Word of God and I have been doing it with effort and dedication. You are a part of that, and for that, I thank you once more!
Receive a big hug from this friend and brother in Christ,

Gunnar Chaves."

We have been supporting this brother by sending him tracts and Christian books.

Sharing what we see...

It is our privilege to be a tool in God's hands. Here are a couple of things we got to see during the week of evangelism at the beach:

During their evangelism at the beach, in the city of Ipanema, a woman suffered with the loss of her 17-year-old daughter who was depressive and ended up committing suicide. While she shared her story she cried a lot. One of the missionaries shared the love of God with her and the lady accepted Jesus.

During the social work in Pontal do Sul, many people approached the counseling tent searching for help. The activities were held close to an amusement park whose owner let PV get power for their equipment from. The owner asked the missionaries to pray for her. When they went over to the amusement park to pray, she gathered all her staff so that they could hear their testimony and join them in prayer.

To God be all the glory!

MIRACLE

...that is the word chosen by our missionaries for the work week during Carnaval.

The three "tanks" went down to coastal cities of Parana, Brazil, to work with the people who were down there looking for a good time. Three beaches were focused by our teams, and all 3 teams experienced very interesting situations and witnessed many miracles of God. During one of our rallies the rain was pouring so hard, but still people did not walk away and stuck around till the end, and then... so many of them accepted Jesus! More than 100 people accepted Jesus during that week.

Stick around for more details of the amazing things God did during Carnaval in Brazil.

Teams Commissioning

This Sunday our teams will be commissioned to go out on the mission field. Please, keep us in your prayers as we start our year in the work of the Lord.