Happy New Year from Open Arms!
Wishing you a happy & blessed New Year! 2021 – An Amazing Year of Blessing “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” – Psalm 107:1 It is hard to believe that 2021 is coming to a close. We started the year with a lot of uncertainty. Our team in Brazil was unable to gather the
Merry Christmas from the Open Arms family
Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year to you and yours! We selected a few pictures to share with you from our 15th year as a ministry reaching and teaching children and youth for Jesus. These photos capture a small glimpse of the work that was accomplished with the help of partners like you. Providing food for the hungry, embracing the hurting, bringing joy
November 2021 – News from the Field
“For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.”-Hebrews 3:4 Praising God for another home delivered to a family in need in Aquidauana-Brazil. We are so thankful for our many partners, people like you, and partners like the Paradigm Foundation who help us bring hope in Jesus’ name! You may recall that Cirlene and her children lost their home to
October 2021 – News from the Field
Proclaiming Freedom for the Captives I was in prison and you came to visit me. -Matthew 25:36 After a long time of prison ministry from a distance via recorded messages, a small contingent from our Project Zadok – youth detention outreach program, returned in person to minister to the needs of the boys incarcerated there and to proclaim freedom in the name of Jesus.
August 2021 News from the Field
Let me share just one story of what God is doing through his people. For the love of God, in the name of Jesus! Shelter from the Storm – Another Home for an Open Arms family For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the
News from the Field – April 2021
Let me share a little bit of what the partnership of friends like you is making possible, for the love of God, in the name of Jesus! Another Isaiah 25:4 Project Breaks Ground We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Paradigm Foundation, www.paradigmfoundation.org. Our first project together will bless a family in Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul, where our Agent of
News from the Field – February 2021
Let me share a little bit of what the sacrificial gifts of people just like you are making possible. For the love of God, in the name of Jesus! The Isaiah 25:4 Project Our Agents of Hope continue to work at Dona Teresa’s house. Dona Teresa has been dreaming about her new home for the past 36 years. What a blessing that our team
News from the Field – January 2021
In Person Ministry Up & Running! As temperatures in Brazil have risen in our region, local authorities have further relaxed restrictions on group gatherings. Our team of missionaries have jumped right in. All of our pre-Covid neighborhood outreach ministries in São Paulo state and Parana state have resumed. The children are thrilled to be back. Just as exciting is that many of the children
Abby Smith’s Commissioning at Reston Bible Church
Abby was commissioned at her home church, Reston Bible Church, on September 6th, 2020 and left the next day for the field where she is serving as an Open Arms Agent of Hope in the city of Assis, São Paulo, Brazil. Abby Smith’s Commissioning from Michael John Meyers on Vimeo.
Exciting update from Bruno & Abby
Recently we began a campaign to round out the prayer-support team for Bruno Gomes & Abby Smith. Abby is officially joining the Open Arms team in September and leaves for Brazil on September 8. She and Bruno will be married in December and begin their lives together as a missionary couple with Open Arms Worldwide. The response to our campaign for Bruno & Abby