December 2011
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Dear Friends and Family,
Greetings from your coworkers to the Portuguese-Speaking World!
One more year is ending and our hearts are full of gratitude for all the Lord has done through BRoLM (Brazil River of Life Ministries) during 2011. We would like to share a few highlights and prayer concerns that we have not had the opportunity to share during this year. Please give thanks with us and also pray with us!
BRAZIL:
In January 2011, Brother Edson decided to stop pastoring the Campo Limpo Church; therefore the elders from Campo Limpo and Jundiai decided to ask Brother Ruben Daniel to preach at both churches. The church in Campo Limpo has Sunday and Friday night services and the Jundiai has Sunday morning and Thursday night services. Both churches have Tuesday night home groups. Ruben is also responsible for the “Hands On” Bible College, that by God’s grace and the generosity of His people, resumed classes in July with 21 students. They meet every third Saturday of the month, and they have studied 10 subjects, a total of 30 credits from July to December. Since it is summer in Brazil there will be no classes in January; classes resume in February. Please pray for Ruben and his family, he stepped down from being the principal at the high school where he works, and went back to class to teach Math so he can dedicate more time to the two churches. His wife Edna manages a cell phone store, and they have two daughters.
In January 2011, BRoLM started a monthly outreach to the children at Mursa at Varzea Paulista, Sao Paulo. Varzea Paulista is a city between the cities of Campo Limpo Paulista and Jundiai; some members of the churches located in those two cities live there. This monthly evangelistic event for the children led to a weekly home group for their parents starting in July. Brother Marcio and his wife Andrea Gut are reasonable for the work at Mursa. Members and leaders from the Campo LImpo and Jundiai churches corroborate with this outreach, in which our goal is to plant a church in this location. The monthly children's outreach has an average of 50 children and the weekly home group about 15 adults. Please pray for the Mursa Work; most of the people at this location were born into a Catholic family, but they do not go to church. However, they are resistant to any non-Catholic churches, and another factor is that 70% of the adults are alcoholics and 25% a drug addicts. Pray for Brother Marcio and Andrea and the volunteers that help at the outreaches. Brother Marcio is a co-owner of a brick factory, his wife is the office manager at the brick factory, and they have two children, a boy and a girl.
In March 2011, the Carraozinho church had to move to a new location, and they were able to find a lot better place to meet. Brother Gilberto is responsible for the work at Carraozinho. This church has a unique characteristic of having over 70% of its member’s teenagers/youth, ages between 12 and 22. Brother Gilberto has a drywall plaster business and his wife Patricia is a middle school teacher; they have two children a girl and a boy.
The Pirituba church has struggled the last two years it has not grown much. We feel that the Lord is raising some younger leadership, Some of the children and youth we worked with back in the 90’s have now they became men and are married. We are praying that they will take more of a leading position during 2012. Monica’s father Odelmo is responsible for the work in Pirituba and he believes that it is time for him to pass on the baton. Please pray that the Lord will raise up the person that He wants to lead this congregation. 
During 2011 BRoLM had the opportunity to promote 14 children, 6 youth outreaches, 6 women's teas, 6 men's breakfasts, a youth camp, and a women's conference. It was a busy year, but a blessed one too!
MOZAMBIQUE
God used BRoLM to help raise the funds so the Hope School in Mozambique could have desks; every classroom has desks - no more students sitting on the floor. Praise the Lord. The school is on vacation and this month the parents are registering their children; last year the school had over 700 students. 
The ministry in Mozambique has now several girls living at the school; these girls were abandoned by their parents. This month they are learning how to take care of their clothes; it is interesting to think that they have to learn all the basic things of life since they did not have any education before. We could say they did not have anything at all before.
The ministry in Mozambique has now several girls living at the school; these girls were abandoned by their parents. This month they are learning how to take care of their clothes; it is interesting to think that they have to learn all the basic things of life since they did not have any education before. We could say they did not have anything at all before.
Fife Family
Roger is doing very well at Milligan and Isaac is doing very well at Elizabethton High School.
Jeff just finished writing 12 sermons that will be preached at the BRoLM churches in Brazil and will be used at the churches in Africa, too. Every year the churches meet every day for the first 12 days of the year to give the Lord the first fruits of the year; each day represents one month of the year. The theme for 2012 is Never Give Up, a series of messages from 2 Corinthians. Now Jeff is writing the Discipleship material that is used weekly at the Home Groups for the next 5 months.
It seems like an eternity; however, Jeff and Monica just finished the third semester at Emmanuel and Milligan. Starting in January, Monica will be a Junior. “We miss the full time mission field work.”
SOME GOALS FOR 2012:
- Continue to promote all the children, youth, women's, and men's outreaches.
- Continue with the weekly home group discipleship.
- Continue work towards planting more churches.
- Continue with the “Hands On” Bible College.
- Spend the Summer in Brazil (May-August).
- Take a team from the USA to visit the BRoLM work in Sao Paulo and participate of the World Convention in Goiania. It will be 10 days in Brazil (July 20-30) the approximate cost is $3,000.00 per person including airfares, hotels, meals, visa fees, and World Convention registration. If you are interested in coming with us please get tell us! Do not miss this opportunity!
JUST A REMINDER
If you intend to still send a gift to be tax-deductible for 2011 you still have time, however the government has some rules that need to be followed. Your gift must be postmarked by December 31st to qualify for 2011. Make your check out to "Brazil River of Life Ministries” and mail it to P.O. Box 8262, Gray, TN 37615. BRoLM is a 501c3 Non-Profit Corporation, registered as a Non-Profit Organization in the State of Tennessee.
May the richest blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ abound in your life and your family in 2012.
Your prayers and financial support are vital for BRLM! Please continue to pray for us - we need all the prayers we can get!
God is good, He is among us, and He is acting!
In His love and service,
Jeff, Monica, Roger and Isaac Fife
