JULY 2015
Then he told them: Go and preach the good news to everyone in the world. Anyone who believes me and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe me will be condemned. Mark 28.15-16 (CEV)
Dear Friends and Prayer Warriors,
Greetings from your coworkers to the Portuguese-speaking world!
It is our privilege as Christians to preach the gospel to everyone independent of their citizenship, financial status, and educational background at all locations around the globe. Our prayers are that God will use us so many will believe in Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and be baptized, so they will be saved and not condemned!
Ministry Highlights
Roger’s Visit
We were very blessed to have Roger come to Brazil and stay with us for a couple weeks. He was able to visit all the churches in Sao Paulo and had a good time visiting Monica’s family too.
Baptism Bom Retiro Church
On June 13th, the youth group from Bom Retiro’s Church met with the youth group at Pirituba’s Church so they could have a service together and use the baptistery. It was a great service, but the highlights were the baptisms of Lucas Kahi, Bianca Kim, and Hery Park. The Bom Retiro Church is a multicultural church downtown Sao Paulo. BROLM helped plant it in 2011 in partnership with First Christian Church in Seoul, Korea that is led by Dr. Lee. Brother Sergio Seo is the youth leader at the Bom Retiro Church. I (Jeff) have been very blessed to pastor the Portuguese-speaking group and Brother Daniel Choi pastors the Korean-speaking group at the Bom Retiro Church.
To see the 1:14 minute video of the baptisms, click on the video
Soccer Outreach
On June 20th, the youth groups from the Pirituba Church and the Bom Retiro Church met. After the service they had a couple hours of soccer games. The fellowship was great. However, it was wonderful to see the visitors who came to the service so they could play soccer afterward.
Mozambique Water
Update on the project: During the drought season you cannot find any water in Nampula’s subsoil, even if you dig very deep. This creates a need for water reservoirs. With the financial gift you all sent for this project, a concrete water tank was built. Now, not only will water be available during the rainy season, but during drought time too. The water goes from the big concrete water tank to small plastic tanks where it gets treated with chlorine before going to the faucets. What a blessing! Thanks for your prayers and for investing in God’s Kingdom!
A Great Need
As we mentioned in our last report we have a need--transportation for the ministry in Sao Paulo! Every time we have an evangelistic event at one of the BROLM churches, and we average 2 or 3 events per month, we have to rent a van. The cost to rent a van for one day is US$300. Since we cannot afford this kind of expense, most of the time we are unable to rent a vehicle and cannot take the whole team to the events. However, we have been given an opportunity to purchase a 2010 Volkswagen, 12-passenger van for US$10,000. As of July 10th we have received US$500 toward this need, thus we only need US$9,500 to reach this goal. If you can help us reach this goal, please send your check with "Brazil Van" written in the memo.
2016 Korea
International Restoration Movement Convention
As promised in our last report here is more information about the International Convention in Korea. The Convention will be held at Hanyang University Erica Campus in Ansan. The dates are August 14 – 17, 2016. We are uploading the brochure with registration information about the convention below and if you would like to print the brochure we will be happy to send you a copy through e-mail. Please request a copy at fife@brolm.org. Hope you plan to come to Korea in 2016!
Available to Speak in the USA
Monica and I will be in the USA for Roger’s graduation in December, thus we will be available to speak from November 18th to December 29th. Please make arrangements for us to visit you and your church during the time we will be in the USA. We will return to Brazil before the New Year!
Schedule Update:
Nov 18 Arrive in Elizabethton, TN
Dec 06 Howard Christian Church – Howard, PA
Dec 12 Roger’s Graduation at Milligan College
God is doing great things through BROLM among the Portuguese-speaking world, and your prayers and support are vital! Please continue to pray so the Lord will use BROLM more and more for His honor and glory!
May the Lord richly bless you in Christ Jesus!
God is good, all the time; and He is acting among us!
In HIS Love and Service,
Thanks for praying for us!
Jeff & Monica Fife