Os últimos meses temos visto muitas lutas e muitas vitórias. Temos nos alegrado por ver as vitórias tanto no Oitão Preto como no sítio. Temos chorado sobre as vidas perdidas. Muito obrigada à todos que tem nos apoiado em oração! Sem Deus realmente não existe esperança, mas com Ele milagres aconteçam!
”Sítio Graça”
O sítio está muito bem. A empolgação era grande de ver o retorno de Peter e Selma em março depois de passar um tempo bem mereçido de férias e divulgação. Esse ano tem uns desafios muito legais, em particular para Paulinho e Paulo quem estão tomando passos para realizar os seus sonhos. Paulinho está querendo fazer uma escola creativa na Noruega, e Paulo quer fazer ETED em Salvador com prático na África. Orem por eles, e se você deseja contribuir financeiramente, entre em contato conosco! Os outros meninos estão crescendo e andando nos caminhos do Senhor.
Nós ainda precisamos ver mais obreiros se juntar a Peter, Selma, Fabiano e Dayane. Temos um desejo muito forte de poder dar a oportunidade de mudança de vida para mais meninos que atualmente estão enfrentando uma vida sem esperança nas ruas. Queremos vê-los conhecer Jesus e ser transformados pela graça de Deus! Orem por pessoas de compromisso! Cremos que Deus tem muito mais para nós.
A realidade que tem nos saccudido.
Os últimos meses realmente tem nos saccudido. Nós recebemos notícias de que 3 dos nosso jovens (maiores de idade) foram mortos. Os dois meninos e uma menina eram todos bem conhecido por nós e nós tivemos trabalhado muito com eles e as suas famílias. Um era um dos primeiros meninos a morar no sítio. Os meninos foram matados fugindo da polícia, a menina morreu de facada. As história são terriveis. Elas refletam a realidade de onde das crianças, adolescentes, e adultos, que fazem a rua seu lar, estão indo se não haja mudança.
Tomé (um dos meninos que passou muito tempo no síto, mas decidiu a sair) está muito consciente disso. Domingo ele apareceu na igreja com muito medo. Ele sabe que é um milagre que ele ainda vive. Depois de sair do Febem a sua vida tem sido crack e assaulto armado. Tivemos uma longa conversa com ele, e o deixamos com os líderes de ”Lar da Paz” (o centro de desintoxicação da igreja)…Orem por ele.
Um outro rapaz que nós amamos muito está no prisão servindo 30 anos por homicidio.
Ecolhemos esperança!
Enfrentando tudo isso é facíl perder a esperança. Mas recusamos a perde-la! Enquanto há vida, há esperança!
Nós lembramos as vitórias nas vidas dos meninos no sítio, a casa na comunidade, e a história de Fransica (uma menina da comunidade que tive problemas sérias com os olhos) que recebeu tratamento dos problemas de olhos e está fazendo um curso.
Orem conosco:
- Orem pelo trabalho do ”BRILHAR” na comunidade de Oitão Preto.
- Orem por ”Sítio Graça”- os obreiros, meninos, e direção de Deus.
- Orem pelos meninos e adultos nas ruas.
- Orem por Tomé- que Deus possa o redimir e restaurar.
- Orem pelos obreiros do projeto, e que Deus possa enviar ”mais obreiros à colheita”.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Vitórias e lágrimas.
Victory and tears.
The past few months we’ve seen many ups and downs. We’ve rejoiced at the victories both in Oitão Preto and on the farm. We’ve cried over lives lost. We thank those of you who have stood with us in prayer! Without God there truly is no hope, but with Him miracles happen!
”Sítio Graça”- the farm
The farm is going well. Everyone was very excited to see Peter and Selma return in March after a well deserved time of holiday and networking. This year holds exciting challenges especially for Paulinho and Paulo who are taking steps to pursue their dreams. Paulinho is hoping to go to a Bibleschool in Norway and Paulo is wanting to do the YWAM Discipleship Training School in Salvador with the outreach in Africa. Do pray for them, and should you want to contribute financially do get in touch with us! The other boys are also blossoming and walking into the things of God.
We still need to see more staff join Peter, Selma, Fabiano and Dayane. We long to be able to give more boys, who are currently living in hopelessness on the streets, the opportunity to get to know Jesus and be transformed by the grace of God! Pray for committed people to join us! We believe that God has much much more for us.
The reality which shakes us.
The last few months have really shaken us up as we’ve received news of 3 of our young adults being killed. The two young men and young woman were all well known to us, and we had worked very closely with all of them; visiting them on the streets and getting to know their homes and their families. One of them was one of the first boys to ever live on the farm. The two young men got killed fleeing from the police, the young woman was stabbed to death. The stories are grusome. They reflect the reality of where the children, adolescents, and adults who live on the streets are headed unless something changes.
Thomas (one of the boys who spent a long time on the farm, but decided to leave) is painfully aware of this. One Sunday he turned up at church petrified. He knows that it is only a miracle that he is still alive. After getting out of youth prison his life has been comsumed with crack and armed assaults. After chatting with him for a long time we left him with the leaders of ”Lar da Paz” (the church’s drug rehab centre)…Pray for him.
Another boy very close to our hearts is now in prison serving a 30 year sentence for murder.
”Sítio Graça”- the farm
The farm is going well. Everyone was very excited to see Peter and Selma return in March after a well deserved time of holiday and networking. This year holds exciting challenges especially for Paulinho and Paulo who are taking steps to pursue their dreams. Paulinho is hoping to go to a Bibleschool in Norway and Paulo is wanting to do the YWAM Discipleship Training School in Salvador with the outreach in Africa. Do pray for them, and should you want to contribute financially do get in touch with us! The other boys are also blossoming and walking into the things of God.
We still need to see more staff join Peter, Selma, Fabiano and Dayane. We long to be able to give more boys, who are currently living in hopelessness on the streets, the opportunity to get to know Jesus and be transformed by the grace of God! Pray for committed people to join us! We believe that God has much much more for us.
The reality which shakes us.
The last few months have really shaken us up as we’ve received news of 3 of our young adults being killed. The two young men and young woman were all well known to us, and we had worked very closely with all of them; visiting them on the streets and getting to know their homes and their families. One of them was one of the first boys to ever live on the farm. The two young men got killed fleeing from the police, the young woman was stabbed to death. The stories are grusome. They reflect the reality of where the children, adolescents, and adults who live on the streets are headed unless something changes.
Thomas (one of the boys who spent a long time on the farm, but decided to leave) is painfully aware of this. One Sunday he turned up at church petrified. He knows that it is only a miracle that he is still alive. After getting out of youth prison his life has been comsumed with crack and armed assaults. After chatting with him for a long time we left him with the leaders of ”Lar da Paz” (the church’s drug rehab centre)…Pray for him.
Another boy very close to our hearts is now in prison serving a 30 year sentence for murder.
We choose to hold on to hope!
In the face of all of this it is easy to loose hope. But we refuse to give in to the hopelessness! As long as there is life there is hope!
We choose to keep remembering the victories in the lives of the boys at the farm, the house in the community, and the story of Graziela (a teenager from the community with severe eyeproblems) getting free treatment for her eyeproblems and doing a course.
Stand with us in prayer:
- pray for the work of ”SHINE” in the community of Oitão Preto.
- pray for ”Sítio Graça”- the farm- for staff, the boys, and guidance.
- pray for the kids and adults who still live on the streets.
- pray for Thomas- that God would redeem and restore him.
- pray for the staff of the project, and that God would bring ”more workers for the harvest”.
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