News from the Field – November 2024
“So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine…Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.” Deuteronomy 11:18-19 “If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God” – Dwight L. Moody
News from the Field – October 2024
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 “Perseverance is not the result of our determination, it is the result of God’s faithfulness.” Eugene Peterson Celebrating 10 Years of God’s faithfulness in Cândido Mota – Brazil In August of 2024, Open Arms Agent of Hope,
News from the Field – August 2024
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” – Psalm 119:105 “In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.” — D.L. Moody We often share pictures of events, camps, games, and children playing and just being kids, but it is
News from the Field – July 2024
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.” – Isaiah 43:2 Epic Flooding Strikes Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil “PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 9 (Reuters) – The death toll from severe flooding in southern Brazil has risen to 107, civil defense said on Thursday, as rescue operations continued and authorities began to see the cost of recovering from the
News from the Field – June 2024
Left to Right (Julia, João (their son), Roberto, and Eduardo (Field Director for Open Arms in Brazil) “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” – Jesus – Matthew 28:19 Open Arms in Chile In April a team of missionaries from our main base in Brazil traveled across the Andes mountains to the city of Puerto Montt in Chile. Their mission? To conduct
News from the Field – April 2024
“May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.” – John 17:23 That the World Will Know On the Palm Sunday, a team of 50 Americans and another 100 or so Brazilian’s gathered to worship after a day of service projects and gospel presentations. Together we
News from the Field – December 2023
Children’s Day “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” – Mark 9:37 Children’s Day in Brazil is a very big deal. For many of the kids that come to our neighborhood bible clubs, it’s like Christmas and their birthday all wrapped up in one. It