ANNUAL
MISSIONARY REPORT
OCTOBER
2012
NAME: BRoLM - Brazil River of Life
Ministries (Jeff and Monica Fife)
MAILING
ADDRESS (INCLUDE EMAIL AND WEBSITE):
P.O. Box 8262 – Gray – TN – 37615
Skype: Jeff.fife
Facebook: Jeff E Monica Fife
TELEPHONE
CONTACT:
In the USA Phone/Fax: (423) 543-8061 Mobile: (423)
433-8390
In Brazil Phone/Fax: 55-11-4039-1484 Mobile:
55-11-99511-2436
FORWARDING
AGENT AND CONTACT INFORMATION:
Brazil River of Life Ministries - c/o Elena
Coelho
PO Box 8262 - Gray - TN 37615
Mobile: 423-631-8689
MISSION
FIELD AND PEOPLE GROUP:
Portuguese-Speaking World (Angola, Brazil,
Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, São Tome and Principe,
Portugal and USA)
HOW
LONG HAVE YOU SERVED ON THIS FIELD?
Brazil River of Life Ministries is
celebrating 12 years this year.
Monica and I (Jeff) were born and raised
working in the ministry with our parents in the Portuguese-Speaking world, and
we celebrated 24 years of ministry together in February 2012. Before we were
married, we worked at the Evangelistic Association in Sao Paulo.
WHAT
WAS YOUR ORIGINAL TIME COMMITMENT TO THIS MINISTRY?
We may not be at the same location for the
rest of our lives, but we are committed to this ministry for life.
WHAT IS
YOUR CURRENT TIME COMMITMENT TO THIS MINISTRY?
For life!
TYPE
(S) OF MINISTRY: (PLEASE CHECK):
Evangelism (X) Church Planting (X)
Equipping/Discipling (X) Missionary Assistance ( )
Medical Missions ( ) Benevolence (X)
Missionary Preparation (X) Translation Services (X)
Counseling (X) Short Term Missions (X)
Other ( ) Please Explain:
YOUR
MINISTRY MISSION STATEMENT:
Mission: Reach the Portuguese-Speaking world
for Jesus Christ so they can reach the rest of the world.
Vision: Reach the lost through Evangelism,
mentoring and equipping through Discipleship, to Plant New Churches, provide
Assistance and Justice where needed.
YOUR
TYPICAL DAY AND PRIMARY MINISTRY ACTIVITIES:
TYPICAL
DAY:
Get up at 7:00 a.m.
Take Isaac to school at 7:30 a.m.
2 hours per day are devoted to prayer,
devotion and reading.
2 hours per day are devoted to preparation of
discipleship, preaching, and teaching materials.
Jeff – Takes online classes at Johnson
University (that demands 40 hours of studies per week)
Monica – Attend classes at Milligan College
(15 hours per week that demands 30 hours of studies out of the classroom per
week)
Check e-mail and correspondence as needed,
and as time permits.
At 5:00 p.m., pick up Isaac at school from
practice.
Our family dinner is served at 6:00 p.m.
Monday through Saturday we exercise in the
evening for 1 hour each day.
Isaac goes to bed at 10:00 p.m. I (Jeff)
personally read the Bible and pray with him before he goes to bed every night.
Monica goes to bed around midnight.
Jeff goes to bet around 2:00 a.m.
MINISTRY
ACTIVITIES:
o
Coordinate
the work in Brazil.
o
Preaching
live online every Sunday at the Pirituba Church in Sao Paulo where Jeff is the
interim minister.
o
Meet
online after the Pirituba service with the elders to see about the activities
of the week before and the activities for the next week.
o
Answer
many questions and advise in many occasions, almost daily by e-mails and some
phone calls from the members from the Pirtuba Church.
o
Keep
in touch with our co-workers and partners in reaching the Portuguese-Speaking
World for Christ (Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and USA).
o
Prepare
discipleship material that is used weekly in Brazil, Angola, Guinea Bissau and
Mozambique.
o
Write
a monthly journal that it is distributed on the first week of each month at
over 600 churches in the Portuguese-Speaking World.
o
Meet
online once a month with the leaders from the churches in Brazil.
o
Answer
many questions and advise in many occasions during the month, almost daily by
e-mails and some phone calls from the leaders in Brazil and the Brazilian
missionaries Kleber and Juracema in Mozambique.
o
Help
coordinate the “Hands On” Bible College in Brazil.
o
Visit
all of our supporters and potential new supporters.
o
Speak
and teach at various churches when invited.
o
Complete
the activities for the online classes at Johnson (Jeff) and Milligan (Monica)
so we can be better prepared for the ministry.
HOW IS
GOD WORKING THROUGH YOUR MINISTRY AND WHAT WERE YOUR PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS OF
THE PAST YEAR?
We are amazed with what God is doing through
Brazil River of Life Ministries.
The sole purpose for Jeff’s studies at
Johnson is to be able to offer higher education in the Portuguese-Speaking
world, so we can prepare more workers for the harvest. Our goal is to offer
“Hands On” Bible College education, not only in Brazil, but also in all the
Portuguese-Speaking countries. For this reason, Jeff needs at minimum a
Master's degree, so these countries' governments will recognize what we are
doing.
The “Hands ON” Bible College in Campo LImpo
Paulista is doing very well; in June Jeff taught concerning The Restoration
(Stone-Campbell) Movement and in July, Monica taught Praise and Worship for 35
students.
From May 3rd to August 13th, we worked with
churches in Sao Paulo, Jeff preached 53 times at these churches; in some cases
8 times in one week (Tuesday @ Pirituba, Wednesday @ Sao Mateus, Thursday @
Jundiai, Friday @ Campo Limpo Pta, Saturday @ at youth outreaches, Sunday
morning @ Jundiai, afternoon @ Bom Retiro, evening @ Pirituba). Jeff met with
each minister separately and with the elders of each church. Monica led the
music and had many meetings with the ladies and children's ministry leaders of
the churches. We were so happy to see how much they have grown spiritually and
numerically. It is great to see the Brazilians stepping up and assuming
leadership positions. God is blessing the churches in Brazil! However, the
biggest highlight of the summer was the opportunity to see 18 baptized (10 in
July and 8 in August) into Christ. God is good!
The church in Pirituba was going through a
crisis at the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012; the church only had 17 members
and one elder left. The minister had gotten a loan from the bank without approval
from the congregation in 2011 and when members discovered this, they began
leaving the church. The remaining members decided to get in touch with us in
January, and report what was occurring; we knew nothing about the loan. They
told us that they were leaving the church too; they could not take it anymore;
we told them that if the congregation would vote and agree, I (Jeff) would
become their interim minister starting in May. They held the congregational
meeting in February and the vote was unanimous; 5 more members came back and on
May 6th I became their interim minister. The church had many financial problems
with the bank and the government, was in the midst of construction, with sound
equipment (speakers full of termites etc.) We worked hard and God blessed our
work; the church now has 53 members and is growing. We are taking care of all
the problems and trying to resolve them as quickly as possible. The church has
separated 3 elders, to be in training for two years, and to be voted on by the
congregation when the training is over. The church decided that they wanted me
to continue as their interim minister, preaching online on Sundays and leading
them from a distance. This experience it has been a great one; to see them
every Sunday and see their growth is a blessing!
Another highlight was the blessing of
receiving some visitors in Brazil.
Dr. David Eubanks arrived on Sunday July 14
and left on Saturday July 20 to Brasilia. During the time he was with us he
spoke to these churches: Bom Retiro and Pirituba on Sunday, Pirituba on
Tuesday, Sao Mateus on Wednesday, Jundiai on Thursday and Campo Limpo on
Friday. Dr. Eubanks spoke also at the Forum Pre-World Convention and in some
churches in Brasilia; he attended the World Convention in Goiania and spoke in
some churches there too. Attached is a letter that Dr. Eubanks wrote about the
work in Brazil.
We received also the “Experience Brazil 2012
Team,” the team arrived on Saturday July 20 and left on Monday July 30. The
team was formed of Brothers and Sisters from different locations in the USA,
Richard and Peggy Ziblar from Tulsa, OK; Luz and Gloria Bacerra from Miami, FL;
Bob and Sabine Schnelle and LeAnn Blackmore from Johnson City, TN. On Saturday
July 20 they participated in a big celebration at Campo Limpo Church; on Sunday
they attended the morning services at Jundiai, in the afternoon at Bom Retiro,
and in the evening at Pirituba. LeAnn Blackmore spoke at all three services. On
Monday we did some tourism and on Tuesday, we and the team flew to Brasilia for
the Forum Pre-World Convention. On Wednesday we traveled by bus to Goiania to
attend the World Convention, which ended on Saturday night. On Sunday morning
we attended the services at North Goiania Church where Jeff's parents worked;
during the service, Jeff's parents were honored for their many years of
service. On Sunday afternoon we did some touring of Goiania and in the evening
we attended the service at Novo Horizonte Church where Dr. Gary Weedman spoke.
On Monday after a great lunch at a Brazilian Churracaria (steak house) we
traveled to Brasilia so the team could return to the USA.
Since 2008 I have been the liaison person
between the World Convention international board and the local board in Brazil.
I have devoted many hours to translating and helping organize the 2012 World
Convention in Brazil. To see the convention occur in Brazil was a blessing, I
had opportunity to translate for some of the meetings and to coordinate the
translations for the main sessions. According to the office in Brazil, there
were close to 4 thousand at the Convention, over 300 from all over the world.
We thank the Lord for the opportunity to serve; I am still translating some
correspondence after the World Convention.
Monica has served since 2008 as the president
for the Global Women Connecting that met during the World Convention in
Goiania. She was very blessed with a great team that help her organize the
Women's Convention that was held in the afternoons during the World Convention,
over 400 women attended. Monica also was one of the speakers and LeAnn
Blackmore from the “Experience Brazil 2012 Team” was also one of the speakers.
Monica has been asked to continue to serve as president until the Koreans
appoint a new president, since the 2016 World Convention and Global Women
Connecting Convention will be in Korea.
The ministry in Mozambique is celebrated 16
years in September 29, 2012, and we are blessed to participate in this
ministry. They have planted 63 churches, the grade school has 1052 students
this year, 32 girls are living at the Hope Home and we hope that we will have
the opportunity to start a “Hands On” Bible College there next June 2013.
We could share many other highlights and give
many testimonies of how God has blessed Brazil River of Life Ministries in the
last year. He is doing mighty things!
Dr. David Eubanks Letter:
"I was
blessed to spend a week with Jeff and Monica Fife in Sao Paulo on a trip that I
made to Brazil in July. I spoke in four of the churches with which they work
and a Korean Church with which they have close contact and give encouragement
to. I stayed in their home and enjoyed their hospitality and that of Monica's
parents. I also had much interaction
with them a week later in the city of Goiania, where Jeff grew up under the
strong missionary ministry of his father and mother. Monica is Brazilian, and
Jeff, by culture, is more Brazilian than American. He is highly respected by
the leaders of churches related to the Restoration Movement through-out Brazil.
Jeff is a
church planter and leadership trainer. From my observation he is engaged in the
most effective church planting work we have in and around Sao Paulo, one of the
world's largest cities, that is supported by Christian Churches/Churches of
Christ. He has a servant's heart accompanied by a passion for the lost, is a
tireless worker, plans and manages well, spends frugally, and is deeply
committed to training dedicated and capable Brazilians who will lead the
churches and multiply themselves When he is able, he travels to Mozambique to
assist and encourage a Brazilian missionary church planting evangelist who
serves there. Many of the Brazilian churches are supporting missionaries in
other countries.
Monica is
talented and dedicated in her own right and was raised in a minister's home.
She and their sons Roger and Isaac are great assets to the Fife missionary
team.
Jeff has a
dream of establishing a college/leadership training center in Sao Paulo and is
engaged in graduate study to that end. Monica is furthering her education at
the same time. When he is in Brazil, his days are long and his nights short as
he leads in weekly activity with the eleven churches with which they work
(three of which were established by Jeff). When they are in the US, he uses
technology to the fullest to maintain weekly (sometimes daily) contact with
church leaders there, instructing them, encouraging them, answering their questions,
even preaching for one of the churches each Sunday evening via WebEx, until
they can feel comfortable about selecting a new preacher.
I was
impressed by the quality and dedication of the ministers and church leaders I
met there who had been trained by Jeff (even the leaders in the church to which
he preaches via WebEx), Most of the preachers currently also work at other
jobs, and a number of the leaders are young professional men who are highly
respected in their positions.
All in all,
I believe that Jeff and Monica are worthy of support and are ministering in one
of the most strategic cities in the world, where the work is difficult but the
rewards for the Kingdom are great. May God bless their efforts."
David L.
Eubanks
PERSONAL
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST YEAR:
Monica's health continues to improve; she
still has to deal with horrible headaches and some limitations, however most
people do not notice that she has these limitations. We are thankful for her
life.
Our older son Roger is a sophomore at
Milligan College, and he is doing very well; he also plays soccer for the Tri
Cities Soccer League.
Our younger son Isaac is a sophomore at
Elizabethton High School; he is very active in sports and also plays soccer for
the FC Dallas at Tri Cities.
Both of our sons continue to be strong in the
Lord, and this is a huge highlight for us!
Monica and I survived the second year of
school, and Monica is an honor roll student at Milligan.
Overall, the biggest highlight in our
personal lives is to be found by God to be worthy, and it is He that makes us
worthy, to work for Him in His Kingdom! In spite of us, He is merciful and He
uses us for his honor and glory!
HOW
SUCCESSFUL HAS YOUR MINISTRY BEEN OVER THE PAST YEAR? WHAT MARKERS ARE YOU
USING TO MEASURE YOUR EFFECTIVENESS?
God has been very gracious to us! We see many
ways in which we might be more effective in the ministry, and are striving
toward this growth as we learn more each day with our Lord. However, at the
same time, we see the hand of the Lord working through us as we see people
coming to the Lord, and others being restored in their faith. Although for us,
our first ministry is our family, and we have been blessed with very good
children who are committed to the Lord. We could say that the Lord has done a
marvelous work through our lives.
Everything we plan in ministry is based on
prayer and fasting. Therefore, the markers we use to measure our effectiveness
is to see God's approval. He has given us peace, courage, strength, and a
spirit that does not give up in doing His work. We are seeing lives being saved
and restored. We feel we have been doing what the Lord has called us to do, and
this work is yielding fruit beyond our expectations.
WHAT
ARE YOUR CURRENT FURLOUGH PLANS INCLUDING PLANNED VISITS TO CHURCHES?
During the school year, we are available to
visit the churches at any time. We are available to come and report on the
ministry to the Missions Committee, for mission moments during the services,
Communion meditations, share in Sunday School classes, teach, preach etc. In
any area in which the churches may need or want us to serve, we are available.
WHAT IS
YOUR CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION? PLEASE
ATTACH YOUR CURRENT BUDGET ALONG WITH ANNUAL EXPENSES AS WELL AS THE AMOUNTS
BEING RECEIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES. PLEASE INCLUDE INFORMATION ON YOUR
RETIREMENT PLANNING.
When you think of Brazil River of Life
Ministries, you cannot just think Jeff, Monica and the boys. This is a ministry
to reach the Portuguese-Speaking world. Over 270 million people speak
Portuguese in the world. We work directly and in partnership with various
ministries in the Portuguese-Speaking World. In Brazil we are committed to
promote 1 evangelistic event per month, prepare and print discipleship material
on both weekly and monthly bases, and plant new churches; each church we plant
receives financial help from BRoLM for 3 years. In addition, we are committed
to training new workers for the harvest through the “Hands On” Bible College so
we can continue to have strong leadership at the local churches and plant new
churches using our Bible College students. In Brazil alone, we have planted 11
churches and helped restore 8 churches in 6 different states. The ministry in
Brazil is a team ministry, with a coordinator in each state.
Brazil River of Life Ministries works in
partnership with missionaries in Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal
and the USA. In the near future, we plan to start a “Hands On” Bible College in
each of these locations. However, we are already very involved with the work in
Mozambique, not only in sending discipleship material but in also raising
financial support for the work there.
Attached is the BRoLM 2013 detailed budget!
You will note that on our 2013 budget we need an extra $1,079.17 per month to
reach our monthly budget.
We will send the 2012 Financial Audit Report
in the first quarter of 2013, as we did sent the 2011 Financial Report in the
first quarter of 2012.
BRAZIL RIVER OF LIFE MINISTRIES
2013 YEARLY BUDGET:
BRAZIL MINISTRY
Evangelism $ 3,600.00
Discipleship $ 3,000.00
New
Church Planting $12,000.00
Ministry/Missions/Benevolence $ 3,600.00
Government
Taxes and Bank Fees $ 600.00
“Hands-On”
Bible College $ 7,000.00
Total Brazil Ministry $29,800.00
MOZAMBIQUE MINISTRY $ 4,800.00
OPERATIONS EXPENSES
OFFICE USA
Phone/Mobile/Internet $ 2,570.00
Operations $ 1,000.00
CPA $ 800.00
Newsletters
and others $ 2,400.00
Traveling
Expenses $ 2,300.00
Total Operations Expenses $ 9,070.00
LIVING EXPENSES
Salary
$12,000.00
Home
Allowance $ 9,600.00
Medical
& Life Insurance $ 5,400.00
Social
Security $ 3,000.00
Retirement
Plan $ 1,440.00
Total Living Expenses $31,440.00
Mozambique
Mission Trip $ 5,300.00*
Angola – Guinea Bissau Mission
Trip $ 2,500.00**
TOTAL
YEARLY EXPENSES $82,910.00
* June
2013 (Jeff will start a “Hands On” Bible College and Monica will teach arts
at the grade school)
** August 2013 (Jeff will speak at the National Christian Church/Church of
Christ Convention and see about the possibilities of starting a “Hands On”
Bible College in these countries)
BRAZIL RIVER OF LIFE MINISTRIES
2013 YEARLY SUPPORT:
CHURCHES – REGULAR
SUPPORT:
Bethany
Christian Church $
3,800.00
Braceville
Christian Church $
1,500.00
Coffee
Creek Christian Church $ 360.00
Colonial
Heights Christian Church $ 5,500.00
Cornerstone
Christian Church $ 6,000.00
Seymour
Heights Christian Church $ 9,240.00
TOTAL $26,400.00
INDIVIDUALS – SUPPORT
(Friends and Family):
$ 120.00
$ 360.00
$ 600.00
$
600.00
$ 1,200.00
$ 1,200.00
$ 3,000.00
$ 3,000.00
$ 3,600.00
$ 6,000.00
TOTAL $19,680.00
DESIGNATED SUPPORT:
NEW CHURCH PLANT:
First
Christian Church $ 7,680.00
Seymour
Heights Christian Church $ 3,600.00
TOTAL $11,280.00
“HANDS-ON” BIBLE
COLLEGE:
$ 0.00
TOTAL $ 0.00
MOZAMBIQUE SUPPORT:
Individual $
600.00
Seymour
Heights Christian Church $ 3,000.00
Valley
View Christian Church $ 1,200.00
TOTAL $ 4,800.00
TOTAL SUPORT: $62,160.00
BRoLM 2013 Yearly Budget for the ministry in Brazil, Mozambique, Operations, Living and Mission Trips is $82,910.00. If the supporters that have supported BRoLM in 2012 continue with their regular support in 2013, between churches
and individuals that support the ministry in Brazil and Mozambique, we have committed $62,160.00.
FURTHERMORE, FOR BRoLM TO REACH ITS GOAL FOR 2012, IT NEEDS AN EXTRA 33.38% increase $20,750.00
The
areas where BRoLM needs more support for 2013 are New Church Plant $720.00;
“Hands-On” Bible College $7,000.00; Operations Expenses Office USA $5,230.00;
and Mission Trips to Mozambique, Angola and Guinea Bissau $7,800.00.
We
believe with all of our heart that God will move peoples' hearts as He has
moved yours, and we will reach this goal for His honor and glory. We have many
goals for Brazil River of Life Ministries for 2013 – We want to continue reaching many souls for the Lord in 2013, please
continue supporting BRoLM!
Thank you very much for supporting us! Your prayers and financial support are vital
for our lives and ministry. May the Lord
richly bless you!
HAVE
YOU EXPERIENCED ANY HEALTH CONCERNS ABOUT WHICH NEEDS TO BE MADE AWARE?
We ask you to continue to pray for Monica's
total health recovery. As we already mentioned, she has terrible headaches
every month; she also has other limitations. For example, when she gets tired she
loses control of some parts of her body; her legs will not stop shaking until
she gets some rest.
Since Monica had the brain tumor in 2008, pre-condition,
for this reason we have not been able to get her health insurance here in the
USA. Doctors from Johnson City First Christian Church have taken care of Monica
without any cost. What a blessing! In the end of 2011 we discover that Monica
had a fistula and she needed a fistulectomy, the surgeon wanted to schedule the
fistulectomy for the spring, however we did not have the financial resources
for the surgery so we put it off for a few months. Lately, Monica was feeling
worse, and discovered a second fistula, so we went back to the surgeon on
Monday September 24. He wants to operate as soon as possible because he is worried,
since things have gotten a lot worse in the last few months; he is afraid
Monica may have Crohn's disease. Therefore he wants to do the two
fistulectomies and a colonoscopy exam to see if Monica has Crohn’s disease, on
October 5th, at the East Tennessee Ambulatory Surgery Center - Johnson City,
TN. The Surgical Center cost is $1,567.00, the anesthetist cost is $855.00 and
the surgeon cost is $500.00 a total of $2,922.00. We do not have the financial
resources for the surgery, and we are praying for God to provide!
On Wednesday Sept 26, Monica started to have
pain all over her body with many chills, she been sick in bed since, on Sunday
one of the doctors came to our house. He thought she had the influenza (H1N1),
however on Monday at his office the test for influenza was negative, urine
infection negative, the doctor could not determine way she is having the
terrible pain all over her body. Monica is taking pain medicine and antibiotic,
however she still has the terrible pain all over her body. Even though the doctors
do not know what is causing the pain, they still believe that Monica should go through
surgery as schedule this Friday Oct 5th. Please, pray for her!
WHAT
ARE YOUR GOALS AND VISION FOR THE NEXT YEAR?
Give continuation to what we are doing right
now:
o
Coordinate
the work from a distance, not only in Brazil but also in all of the
Portuguese-Speaking Countries, continuing to work in partnership with all of
our co-workers in those countries.
o
Help
them promote evangelism and discipleship and help newly-planted churches to
grow.
o
Preach
live online every Sunday at the Pirtuba Church.
o
Meet
online weekly with the elders at Pirituba Church.
o
Maintain
a daily connection with the members from the Pirituba Church.
o
Visit
the work in Mozambique in June 2013 to visit the churches and start a “Hands
On” Bible College there and for Monica to teach Jesus through the arts to
Muslim students at the grade school (98% of the students are Muslims).
o
Visit
Angola and Guinea Bissau in August 2013. Jeff has been invited to speak at
their National Convention and we would like to examine the possibility of
starting a “Hands ON” Bible College in each of these countries.
o
Work
in Brazil during the summer of 2013.
o
When
we bought our home in Brazil, we could only afford to purchase a home outside
the city limits on a dirt road, however the lot was bigger than the city ones.
The lot has .25 acre and 1,385 square feet of construction. However the house
is strategically located, 15 minutes from Campo Limpo Pta, 25 minutes from
Jundiai, 45 from Pirituba, 1 hour from Campinas and 1 hour and 45 minutes from
Sao Mateus. This summer, we talked with our church leaders and asked them what
the biggest need for our churches was; they all said the churches needed a
retreat - a place where they could take couples, the leadership, the youth
etc., for a weekend retreat. The lot beside our house is for sale; it is .25
acre and there is no fence between our house lot and the lot for sale.
Therefore, Monica and I would like to purchase the lot in the name of Brazil
River of Life Ministries and build a retreat there, joining the two lots. We
would have a .50 acre for people to walk and enjoy their stay. We would like to
use the retreat to accommodate teams that will come from the USA to visit/work
with us in Brazil. The owner of the lot is asking $40 thousand for the lot, and
to build a building with two bedrooms for 30 people each, a meeting and dining
hall, a kitchen and the bathrooms, we will need $60 thousand; therefore we will
need to raise $100 thousand for the whole project. The great thing is that the
lot owner will accept payments for the lot, so we can give him a down payment
of $16 thousand and make 24 monthly payments of $1 thousand each. We would like
to build with handicap accessibility, and use the retreat during the week as an
elderly daycare. This is a big need in Campo Limpo Paulista!
o
Receive teams from the
churches that supports BRoLM and other groups that would like to come to
visit/work with us in Sao Paulo.
WHAT
ARE YOUR CURRENT PRAYER NEEDS, FAMILY NEEDS, AND FINANCIAL NEEDS WITH WHICH
CHCC COULD ASSIST? WHAT NEEDS SHOULD WE
CONSIDER AS WE DEVELOP OUR ANNUAL MISSIONS BUDGET?
o
Please
pray for the Lord to keep our family safe and healthy.
o
That
the Lord will give us good health and finish His healing as Monica recuperates
from the removal of the brain tumor.
o
That
we will have the resources to pay for Monica’s surgery.
o
That
He will free us from all things that do not come from Him that may take us off
course.
o
That
we all will be able to go through school and do our best for the Lord.
o
That
the Lord will use us for His honor and glory, in spite of us!
o
That
we will be able to raise the support needed to keep up with the ministry to the
Portuguese-Speaking World. The areas that BRoLM needs more support for 2013 are
New Church Plant $720.00; “Hands-On” Bible College $7,000.00; Operations
Expenses for Office USA: $5,230.00
o
That
we will be able to raise resources needed for the Mission Trip to Mozambique;
Jeff and Monica plan to go on this trip, however they would like to raise funds
to take Isaac too. The Mission Trip for Jeff and Monica estimated cost is
$5,300.00; if Isaac goes too, there is an additional $2,650.00.
o
That
we will be able to raise the resources for the Mission Trip to Angola and
Guinea Bissau; the estimated cost for this Mission Trip is $2,500.00.
o
For
the resources to keep the “Hands On” Bible College operating, the need is $700
per month; the Bible College operates for 10 months - from February to June and
from August to December.
o
That
God will touch the hearts of the churches and individuals so we can raise the
resources necessary to purchase the lot and build the retreat center.
o
That
God will continue to bless the work in Brazil and Mozambique.
o
That
He will give us grace so we can learn all He wants us to learn as we study, so
we can be more effective in His Kingdom.
Thanks
for your prayer and financial support - they are vital to our lives and
ministry!
God
is good, all the time; and all the time, God is Good!
In
HIS Love and Service,
Jeff & Monica Fife
Missionaries/Executive
Directors
