Brazil Report Spring 2005

Downtown SJC 500,000 inhabitants

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS - Modern city in many ways: GM, Kodak, WalMart, Sam’s Club, but backward in terms of the Gospel.

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS The church met in a hotel conference room (above), now renting a building (right).

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS My ‘Total Transformation’ course in February ’05 helped Daniela decide to become a Christian

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS Daniela and son Marcos, with sister Eliana and Emily

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS Vicki has studied with many ladies as well, like Ilma who is faithful today.

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS We have studied on and off for two years with Anibal and Ana Paula. They’ve become good friends, and we pray for their decision.

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS Wilson and Bete’s son Alex, was baptized Apr 05

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS Some people baptized move away like Erisvaldo and his wife. Others have fallen away. But the seed was sown.

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS Monthly men’s training session, here taught by Otávio Carvalho.

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS Jorge Santos teaches and preaches, and began the church in Guaratinguetá after our example in Taubaté.

EASTERN CONE OF SÃO PAULO STATE The ‘Via Dutra’, Brazil’s busiest and most dangerous highway, stretches through our region from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro.

EASTERN CONE OF SÃO PAULO STATE Top blue line is the ‘Via Dutra’, running from São Paulo (yellow dot) to Rio de Janeiro off map at right. Along this string of cities, we have only 3 churches, and a fourth new one on the coast in São Sebastião.

NEW CHURCHES - TAUBATÉ Began March ’04 with three families, in city of 225,000 (second largest in region) in Clayton Silva’s home.

NEW CHURCHES Guaratinguetá New convert Wilson cooks out with brother-in-law Jorge who converted him.

NEW CHURCHES Guaratinguetá New convert Fátima with Paula and Vicki

NEW CHURCHES Guaratinguetá New convert sr. Benedito visits with guest. He is Paula Silva’s father.

NEW CHURCHES Guaratinguetá Paula with son Daniel. She and Jorge were converted in SJCampos.

NEW CHURCHES - GUARATINGUETÁ Wednesdays, we are studying with Sandro (right) who is unemployed. He and his wife Rita have two children.

NEW CHURCHES - Atibaia Atibaia church meets in school / clinic of preacher’s wife

We have encouraged the Atibaia church since its January ’05 beginning. This picture of the inaugural service.

NEW CHURCHES Dr. João De Marco preaches in the Atibaia church. He is a psychologist at the University of São Paulo.

NEW CHURCHES SÃO SEBASTIÃO Edson Rodrigues baptizes Rute, first convert in fourth new church on coast of our region in 2004.

MOUNT OF OLIVES CHRISTIAN CAMP I directed the 3 rd week of camp in January. Campers above. Ages

CHRISTIAN CAMP Our excellent team of monitors. (I shaved my head for that week.)

CHRISTIAN CAMP I taught the course ‘Total Transformation’. One young lady, Aline, was baptized.

SEMINARS On doctrine to a divided church in the Northeast

TEACHING AND PREACHING I go to small and distant churches where few are willing. (Itarema, Ceará)

TEACHING AND PREACHING Have spoken to large assemblies like the Northeast Christian Lectureship.

SEMINARS Have taught all over Brazil: Church in Salvador, Bahia (NE).

FAMILY LIFE Special joy - Leila’s baptism in January 2005

FAMILY LIFE Leila with professor and neighbor Gilda during music school presentation.

FAMILY LIFE Joel has served as monitor at the Christian camp.

FAMILY LIFE All the family has been active in the Lord’s work. Here, Micah baptizes Bruno after he and Joel studied with him (2002).

PREACHING CHRIST 184 million Brazilians have yet to break out of their spiritual prison to find Christ. We have merely scratched the surface.

PREACHING CHRIST We thank God for your participation in helping Brazil’s millions hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.

BRAZIL MISSIONS ‘Go and bear fruit’

BRAZIL MISSIONS Catholicism weakens, Protestantism gains. Will we let the sun set on the opportunity?

BRAZIL MISSIONS Let’s continue to work together that our light may shine in a dark world.