Transformation and wide open arms....

Beach Project is always a time to learn about God to grow in fellowship and to be challenged with your sin. All that is so good, but this time at the project there was something special in my relationship with God. It feels more close and more open.... I had a great time and I experienced more God through community. I felt more the need to be part of other people's spiritual walk...

As we were looking to Jesus as the greater revelation of God's open arms, we were open our arms to relate more and more and to have a more intimate relionship with Him. Rev 3:20

For a video click on these links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX9tFONquIU

or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKQhZvsEKPI

We've got visitors....

It was so plesant to quit a little bit to recharge and thing about what is going on in our lives and about the relationship with our heavenly father. That should be the fuel of our spiritual jorney, the fuel of the discipleship....
Jim Downing speend 5 days in Brazil with us. It was very touching for me cause he is 93 years old and he was one of the men who got the Navigators started.Navigators is a organization that started in the U.S. navy. Where they re-discover the discipleship idea of 2TIM2:2. This idea of teaching men that will teach other men. Jim Downing was at Pearl Harbor and has 70 years of experience of teaching and training other men. I was amazed with his heart for God and his love for the great commission. I'm so greatfull for him and his impact...
We also welcomed Ken and Teresa. This beatiful couple that works with CO Mineapolis. They both became Christians in college and came to the missions field. They have a lot of stories to tell, not as many as Jim. They have a family with 5 kids and the ministry in Mineapolis is a result of a conection with Jonh Piper, the pastor of Betleham Church. This church is the partner of CO Minesota.
Chico and I had such a great time of reavaluation, thinking and rest... we loved to have visitors...

Women Only!!!

We have a good time together with Phisical Education Girls last weekend. We were talking about what is it to be a woman. It was very interesting that I found out that it's easy for girls to have feminist mind set. They are thaught to be defenseve and independent so that they can be safe from men's abuse.
It is good to remember that were don't need to act out of fear and that we are fallen women being redemed. So we are not only victims.
This reteat was called I.I.I (Identity, intimacy and Impact).


Michelle, claudia and I

Our Team and Family

This is my area team now. From left to the right you have Kent and Jo, Fernando and Larissa, Guilherme and Amber, Me and Chico, Jimmy and Maggie. I love each one of them as they are really precious and trying to give their lives so that other people could experience more the kingdom and the reality of Jesus.
Chico's brothers are in this picture. Fernando and Guilherme. God is really taking care of them and giving them a heart to make the Christian movement happen in Brazil.
Guilherme and Amber (which is pregnant) have just joined us and their are in a support raising trip. Please pray with me for them. So that they would grow closer to God with more dependence with their heavenly Father to provide all their needs as a confirmation of this calling.
If you want to be part of this trip here are some ways:
@Contacts - people that would be glad to participate on missions abroad personally
@Housing - They are in Birmingham and need a place to stay next week.
@Transportation - They need a car during this period to go to the meetings
@Encouragement and prayer.
Guilherme’s cell phone is 205-790-2549
If you want to part of this anyway, just let me know how.

Building labores for a life time.....

Two weeks ago we had a special cook out here.We have 55 graduates over who have been involved with our campus ministry to talk about the future. We had a good moment of thinking forward and trying to understand better our situation... this is pioneering-ground for us, a campus ministry trying to directly think and influence our graduates. All 55 are at varying stages in this transition phase. Some are in their last semester, many are unemployed and the rest are settling into their new jobs. Our concern is to give them a heathly enviroment after college to keep on growing as a disciple and also help others in this process. Please pray so that God with direct this and that the lives of these gradutes will be examples of heathly laborers after college...

My Friend Bete is going to the states....

This picture was taken last Wednesday at the community meeting. Bete was saying Bye to he friends as she was about to leave us to go to the U.S.A. to work with a family in Atlanta as a Baby Sitter... I'm so glad for her cause she have always wanted to have exchange experience and also she found a beautiful Christian family that goes to North point community church.
Bete is a lovely girl that I meet through Bruna- They are best friends- And as Bruna became a Christian, Bete has been always around and going to our Bible studies. So we become good friends in the past couple of years.
Bete has been having a hard time trusting God's love and she makes hard questions. I remember that one of them was. 'If our circumstances remain the same, why should I trust a God that let I suffer?
Even if she would have a hard time believing, she was always around and I can tell now that she is a different person.... Her spiritual journey has been so real and makes me trust more in God's love and faithfulness
Please pray with me for Bete
*That she would be free to receive God's love and care as it is in Jesus Christ
*That she would have a pleasant time with her American family
*that she would experience real joy and hope and that she would be grateful

The wedding!!!!

Dad




P.E. GIRLS and Fabi and Tati

Sisters - maids













Families
I'm so glad to share with you all ... God has been really faithful to me as I have eyes to see His Grace. I’m so excited with what God is doing in my life right now and with a new family that is starting...
Chico and I will be investing our lives in the engineering students on campus. Being married with someone like Chico is to me a confirmation of God's calling to my life. It's been such a joyous effort to try to be involved with lives of people that is in college and I’m sure I will enjoy it with Chico.
This weekend
Chico and I will be heading out to a retreat to plan this semester. So be praying for us and for the team for God's direction.
My plan for the next semester is to keep on discipling the P.E. girls I have been reporting here and also going to campus with Chico so I could be more with people in engineering building.
So pray so that I will be flexible to God's plan and that I would seek more oportunities to see that God at work and be convicted that he is the one doing all the job - Calling people to Him-
Thankyou for being co-laboring with me as He does His job