APRIL 2015
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Then he told them: Go and preach the good news to everyone in the world. Mark 16:15 (CEV)
Then he told them: Go and preach the good news to everyone in the world. Mark 16:15 (CEV)
Dear Friends and Prayer Warriors,
Greetings from your
coworkers to the Portuguese-Speaking World!
Brazil River of Life
Ministries' mission is to reach the Portuguese-Speaking world for Jesus Christ
so they can reach the rest of the world. The vision is to REACH the lost
through evangelism; EQUIP through discipleship; PLANT new churches; PROVIDE
assistance and justice where needed. By offering the “Hands On” Bible College
throughout the Portuguese-Speaking World BROLM is not only equipping through
discipleship, but is making it possible for the nationals to be trained to evangelize,
disciple, and plant new churches. Thus our focus in the last few years has been
to prepare to make this possible among the Portuguese-Speaking World.
“Hands
On” Bible College in Portugal
In
February/March Monica and I (Jeff) went to Portugal where my brother Robert has
been a missionary for 27 years. During the time we were in Portugal we had the
opportunity to meet with leaders from
the Church in Carcavelos to present the “Hands On” Bible College program. I had
the opportunity to preach on the two Sundays and I taught Leadership Development on the two Wednesdays we
were there. On the second Sunday we were there, Monica and I helped with the
worship team--Monica played the keyboards
and I played the bass. It was a very productive visit; they intend to start the
“Hands On” Bible College in September at the beginning of the school year.
Between now and September they will be registering the new students and we will
be sending the material from Brazil.
“Hands On” Bible College
in Guinea Bissau
In March I
went to Guinea Bissau where Luciano and Andreia Rodrigues (Brazilian
missionaries) have worked for the last 15 years. I visited the construction of
a new grade school--the same facility where the “Hands On” Bible College classes
will meet. In Guinea Bissau the students will come to this location once a
month from Monday to Friday to study and then
they will go back to their villages to take care of the churches through the
rest of the month. The building should be ready by August and classes should
resume in September.
During
the time I was in Guinea Bissau I had the opportunity to teach the church
leaders who will be the students at the “Hands On” Bible College and at the
same time show them the material that we will be using. It was also great to meet
with some students that studied with my father (Tom Fife) when he went to
Guinea Bissau in 2005.
An
interesting part of the time that I was in Guinea Bissau, was an evangelistic
event at 7 pm on a Saturday night. I thought it very interesting that they
would schedule an evangelistic event when it is dark outside in a location
where there is no electricity. When we were arriving at the location I could
hear a loud sound. About 300 people were in a circle and a group of about 30 were
singing. There were only 3 light bulbs, otherwise I could not see anything
because it was all very dark. They had a generator for the sound system and the
3 light bulbs. One microphone for a male singer and one microphone for a
female, a guitar, and a small electronic drum. The sound was very loud--so loud
that it covered the sound of the generator and all the people talking and singing.
However when it came time for the preaching, everyone was very silent and very
attentive. When the invitation was given, over 30 people of all ages came
forward confessing Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior! Soon they will be
baptized.
On Sunday
Luciano and I drove to Cacheu, about 80 miles toward the coast, to visit the
first church they planted when they moved to Guinea Bissau. Brother Bebe is the
one responsible for this church. It was great to have the opportunity to preach at this church; however the
highlight was to take communion with them. What a blessing!
50
Years Celebration
In March we celebrated with Mom
and Dad (Tom and Libby Fife) 50 years since they arrived in Brazil with four
kids. They had two more while they lived there, including myself. We celebrated
with Robert--27years since he and his family arrived in Portugal. And it was
also dad’s 84th birthday. I thank my parents for accepting God’s
call to ministry 55 years ago and for passing on the passion to us to reach the
Portuguese-Speaking World for Christ!
Water Well for Mozambique
We have been trying
to raise funds for the needed water well for the Hope Mission in Mozambique!
Will you please consider helping us reach the $10,000 needed for the
well? BROLM has received $1,500 for this purpose. We only need $8,500 to reach
this goal. Please help them have safe drinking water!
7 years ago on April 1, doctors
removed a tumor from Monica’s brain. We are so thankful for what God has done,
even though Monica still has some terrible headaches and sometimes she loses
the control of the right side of her body. We are thankful that we have her
with us! Praise the Lord!
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
