FEBRUARY 2012
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Greetings from your coworkers to the
Portuguese-Speaking World!
Happy New Year! 2012 started "full
blast"! We are excited with all that God is already doing, and with all
the plans for this year.
2012 BUDGET AND 2011 FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORT
If you have not received BRoLM 2012 Yearly
Budget, BRoLM 2011 Financial Audit Report and would like
to receive it, please send note to fife@brolm.org
and we will be happy to send you a copy. BRoLM was very blessed with your
financial and prayer support in 2011; however at the end of the year there was
a net loss of $2,963.09. You can see the detailed report of all the 2011 gifts
and expenses at the 2011 Financial Audit Report, and please consider a special
gift to help us eliminate this financial deficit. Thanks!
EXPERIENCE BRAZIL 2012
We are inviting you to come and “Experience
Brazil” with us! As many of you know, the Stone-Campbell Movement World
Convention will be in Brazil. This is the first time this convention is being
held in a country that does not speak English; however all the meetings will be
bilingual (English/Portuguese). Jeff is the liaison/advisor between the World
Convention international board and the Brazilian board. Mônica is the president
for the Global Women Connecting, a women’s conference that will be held during
the World Convention. A Youth Conference will be held also during the World
Convention. We are inviting you to come to Brazil for 10 days, visit the BRoLM
churches in Sao Paulo, come to Brasilia for the pre-convention and to Goiania
for the convention. We would love to have you come with us, and we would like
to ask the churches that support BRoLM to consider sending at least one
representative from your church to “Experience Brazil” with us! If you would like more detail, please, send an e-mail to fife@brolm.org, and we will send a brochure or
access this link to see the brochure: http://worldconvention.org/PDF/BRLM%20Tour%20-%20EXPERIENCE%20BRAZIL%202012.pdf
Already a few people have confirmed their visit to BRoLM work and World Convention, Brazil 2012.
Already a few people have confirmed their visit to BRoLM work and World Convention, Brazil 2012.
• July 14-30 – Dr. David Eubanks (Elder at
Seymour Heights Christian Church, and former Johnson University president).
• July 20-30 – Johnson City, TN, First
Christian Church Missions Team (Dr. Pat Bonner, LeAnne Blackmore, Nikki Hunt,
and Bob & Sabine Schnelle).
We can take a team of up to 40 people to
“Experience Brazil” this year. This is a great opportunity, don’t miss it!
BROLM 2011 RECEIPTS
In the past, BRoLM has sent an annual
receipt of all the gifts received during the year to our supporters; however,
the law has changed and BRoLM has to send monthly receipts through the year. In
2011 BRoLM sent monthly receipts for tax-exempt purposes if for any reason you
have misplaced your receipts, please ask for a copy and BRoLM will send a copy
to you. Please hold on to your 2012 receipts!
BRAZIL NEWS
In Brazil, the churches have a special New
Year's Eve service; they meet on Dec 31 at 10pm for worship. At midnight, they
pray, and after midnight they have a big feast. The Campo Limpo Paulista and
Jundiai churches did the service together at Campo Limpo, and Brother Ruben
baptized Jessica, a young woman from Campo Limpo.
During the first 2 weeks of the year, the
churches in Brazil meet for 12 days consecutively; each day represents one
month of the year. They call it "12 Days of Purpose"; it is like
giving the first fruits of the year to God. This year the churches in Africa
participated also in the 12 Days of Purpose. Jeff wrote 12 sermons, based on 2
Corinthians entitled “Believe and Never Give Up.” On the 12th day the churches
in Campo Limpo Paulista and Jundiai got together for a big Brazilian
“Churrasco” (barbecue), and the church in Sao Mateus had a nice lunch.
When the Carraozinho Church moved its new
location last year, they moved to Sao Mateus (Saint Mathew) on the east side of
Sao Paulo; from now on we will call the church that was at Carraozinho, Sao
Mateus, because they are not anymore at Carazinho.
The Campo Limpo Paulista Church celebrated
its 7th anniversary on Jan 26. It is amazing how time flies; it seems like
yesterday when we were there having the first service at Campo Limpo. The
worship teams from the churches in Jundiai, Sao Mateus, Pirituba and Campinas
sang and Brother Vinicius from Campinas spoke.
Brother Ruben & Edna, Jose & Ana,
and Marcio & Andrea attended the Community Health Evangelism (CHE) training
in January. CHE is a strategy of work among urban poor that helps them to
identify their needs, their God-given resources, and some possible solutions to
improve their situations. Spiritual teaching releases the power of Christ into
the communities as people understand God’s purpose and vision for their lives.
Cal Bianco is responsible for CHE in Brazil, and we are scheduling a date for
him to give the CHE training seminar to the BRoLM churches in Sao Paulo area.
Soon BRoLM will promote CHE training for the BRoLM churches in the Centro-West
and Northeast Brazil. The training received by the three couples in January is
already being used at Mursa, Varzea Paulista.
The home discipleship groups started to
meet again in February. Jeff wrote in January, 6 months' worth of material to
use in these weekly meetings. This material is being used, both in Brazil and
in Africa.
MOZAMBIQUE NEWS
700 Students are enrolled for the 2012
School Year at Hope Grade School. Over 1000 wanted to study at the school,
however the school needs to build more classes.
Every month the church leaders come to Hope
Mission in Nampula for a leadership and Bible training. When they go back to
their districts, they pass on what they have learned.
The church at Hope Mission gathers every
day for prayer meetings and on Sunday morning, they have Sunday Bible School
Classes (new converts, newly baptized, leaders, women, and children); after
Sunday School they have a Worship Service with Communion.
Juracema teaches the Mamas (Women Class).
Juracema wrote “it has been very nice to see what God is doing in their lives;
the women have talked about very personal things in their lives and they have
found in me someone with whom they can share their pain and suffering, I praise
God for this opportunity and pray that He will use me to advise them. I have
emphasized the need they have to leave behind the sufferings of the past:
slavery, war and the need to look to the future and the hope that Christ has
for their lives.
The
new cafeteria is being build and thank God, that it has rained in Mozambique,
so there is much-needed water for the construction
May the richest blessings of our Lord Jesus
Christ abound in your life and family.
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
GIFTS TO REMEMBER:
Gifts-Received from August 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011
IN MEMORY OF
DONATED BY
Dorothy Young
Harry Young
If you would like to send a gift in memory
or in honor of a love one please drop a note with your gift and we will be
honor to mention your gift on BRoLM next newsletter! Thanks!
