Ministry News and Photos from Brazil

Pastor Geraldo continues his evangelism outreach at Belo Horizonte in Brazil (see pictures below). He writes:

Good evening,

We had a week of hard work here on Belo Horizonte. Our faith has been repeatedly proven, but God has been very gracious to our family and church. A testament of the care of our God was last Monday, after much work with our car and with little gasoline, our fuel ended up on a street with many cars in Belo Horizonte, cars honked behind us, Elaine was with me . But I also had another problem, had no money to buy gasoline. By faith, I pushed the car to the side of the avenue, and went out walking and praying for 15 minutes until a gas station near you. The Elaine was also praying in the car. We ask God for a miracle. We pray that God would move the heart of any brother at that time to deposit some money in our bank so we could supply the car. Arriving at the gas station I phoned the bank again to check the balance and see if the answer of God had arrived. To my delight someone had deposited that very moment, R$ 200 (or U$ 130). I bought petrol and returned to the car running, I put gasoline and after then the car started flow. Hallelujah! Glory to God!

On Wednesday talking to a brother of Florianópolis on skype he told me that on that Monday he was in the bank to make a payment, but the card did not work on self-service, so he had to go to the clerk to pay a account and at that moment he remembered me and my family and had a great desire to put an offer to us before pay account. He did that at exactly the moment that Elaine and I were praying for help for gasoline. He concluded by saying that after making the deposit, the card self-service back to work. When I told him that this offer was the response and provision for us at the moment, he was much edified with the testimony and thanked me. I who had to thank him, but he thanked for having been used by God in that situation. God be praised! We are experiencing the greatest needs in these days, but we're full steam ahead by doing what our God has called us to do. Yesterday Elaine and me got our afternoon in the hospital with sister, Arlinda. She suffered a infarct last week. Yesterday we visit her in the hospital afternoon and were a very blessed time. Pray for her, because she will probably have to pass a heart surgery.

The evangelism today was very blessed; we were me, Elaine, Joel and Natã, many people professed Jesus Christ as Savior. Hallelujah! Please pray with us for evangelism that we will do next week with material for the Jews, to the day commemorating the Jewish New Year.

Pray with us for a provision for our family, we are going through hard days and we need a bailout.

Sending some evangelism photos. Thank you for your love and prayer.

A bigger hug,

Pastor Geraldo, Elaine, Isac, Joel and Natã.

Pastor's Conference in Colombia - Photo Album

Pastor Leonel Ortiz, a ministry partner of ours in Colombia, sends this Picasa web album with photos from a Pastors and Pastors' Wives Conference in Villa Vicencio, Colombia:









View entire album as a slideshow by clicking here.

The Gilbert Family Prayer Letter - Summer 2010

Ministry news and prayer requests come to us from the Gilbert family of Sepal Ministry in Guatemala this month:

"Dear brother and beloved church:

May the Lord continue blessing your lives, family, and give you success in all that you do in the name of the Lord. Our prayer is that the Lord fills you with joy and wisdom each and every day.

We want to share with you some of the great things that the Lord has done through the ministry that He has blessed us with, and you are a very important part of God's work here.

Report of activities: July 8th

We visited the pastor of the Restoration Church in a town called Zapote at the base of Volcano Pacaya. We vbrought them help for sustaining their ministry and we took pictures to show others in soliciting help to rebuild the roof of their church that fell in due to the great amount of sand dumped on it by the eruption of the volcano. We ask you for your prayers for this servant of the Lord.

Saturday, July 10th

We traveled to Salama, in the department of Baja Verapaz to the town of Cuacuchito. There (with the Church of Universal Prophecy) we started the first classes of ELI and 22 teachers attended. Sister Theresa attended some of the sessions last year, and saw













the results of these teachings. The pastor of this church became very interested and brought all of his church leaders to attend. The road was very difficult to travel now that rivers have been overflowing and running strong. The children helped us to carry boxes of materials to the site as my vehicle just couldn't get up enough strength to be able to travel the rest of the distance. A supervisor from the churches of IDEC in the area of Tactic also attended, and we are now going to begin the ELI Program in that region. God has been faithful in opening doors for ministry.

Sunday, July 11th

We helped a group of students from the University of Biola that is experiencing missions for a month here in Guatemala. We were in Chisec, in the department of Alta Verapaz with the Assembly of God Church there. We worked with children from a town in this region. It was a great time, and was good to spend time with these children. The challenge was that these children do not speak Spanish, only K'echi (a Mayan dialect). In the afternoon we did ministry for children from the Central Church.

Sunday, July 18th

We were invited to the church of Faisanes to teach about the importance of children's ministry and to motivate them to begin the ELI Program in their church.

Monday, July 19th to Friday, July 23rd

We worked with a Sports Ambassadors' team from Mississippi in order to share the Gospel with youth through sports. It was a great experience for the team as they presented the Gospel to hundreds of youth. More than 1,500 students were impacted.

Saturday, July 24th

We traveled to Tumbador, San Marcos, in order to support the children's ministry and to continue to motivate them to take part in the ELI Program. This area lies about 275 kilometers outside of Guatemala City. We worked with more than 50 children there.

Sunday July 25th

We were invited to Berea Church in order to motivate teachers and their children's ministry. We presented the ELI Program. About 60 children attended.

The Lord has given us opportunities to provide social help:

1) We are bringing medicine to Pastor Raul Herrera as he is working alongside his church to provide medical clinics.

2) We are also bringing medicine to a missionary couple, David and Katy Huizt, as they also work in medical ministry providing medical clinics each weekend.














We ask you for your prayers, that each of these activities continues to bear fruit:
1) Pray that the youth that have given their lives to God continue growing in His love.
2) Pray for the teachers that they will continue to practice principles that they have learned.
3) Please pray for those touched by medical clinics that they would know the love of God and that God will continue opening doors in order to receive more donations of medicine.
4) Pray for the lives of future missionaries, the students from Biola University and the Sports Ambassador's team. Pray that the ministry that they have taken part in her in Guatemala will continue to impact them and that they will continue to walk in God's call for their lives.

Don't forget to write to me. I would love to receive news about how you are doing, and this also helps me to better pray for your lives and for your families."

Many hugs from the Gilbert Family,
Dora, Luis, and our children, Emanuel, Abigail, and Yhoshua
escuelaliderazgoinfantil@gmail.com

Update from Vanessa in Peru

The following ministry report is from Vanessa LaRoche, Heritage's missionary teacher in Peru.

"August was an exciting month for Tambo and our church in Cusco! This entire month we have been blessed with help from over 5 mission teams from the states, and more to come! During the 2 weeks the T.I.M.E. team from Miami was here about 20 decisions for Christ were made. They performed evangelistic dramas in churches, schools, and special meetings in the name of Tambo de Gozo. Since most on the team were bilingual, the dramas were explained and invitations were given. Hundreds of Spanish tracts were given throughout Pisac and surrounding towns. At IPB after a spe-cial chapel with these dramas and small groups to discuss them, 12 of our students accepted Christ. Three of these decisions were Paola, Flor, and Nira; the girls I had been praying specifically for their salvations!

Iglesia Biblica Bautista Renacer had a triple wedding this month. This wedding was special because three sisters and their “live-ins” decided, after being convicted by the Holy Spirit, that they needed to be officially married. All six have been saved within recent years, but had been living as married couples without the government ceremony which makes it a legal union. This is very common in Peru because civil ceremonies cost money that people don’t want to pay. Two couples have children and the third are expecting their first. It is exciting to see the Lord transforming lives!

Faith Sharing Opportunities

August 1st we had a baptism at Tambo with 9 baptized. Six are from our work in Cusco and three from the work in Pisac. This is the first time in the 5 years of ministry in Pisac that Christians made the decision to be baptized. Many of these new believ-ers brought unsaved family who heard the GospelThe last week of July into August we had our first teen camp at Tambo. Our theme was “Si se Puede!” (Yes, you can).

We taught over the life of Daniel . We had over 60 attend. A sister church from Lima brought youth and work-ers to help in camp. Youth came from Puno,Cusco, and Pisac. Two teens accepted Christ. One young woman, Ybeth had been coming to church and youth meetings for months, but was afraid of what her family would say if she accepted Christ. Her cousin, Susan, led her to the saving knowledge of Christ the second day of camp! She also made the decision to be baptized that Sunday! Ybeth has started discipleship and shared that her unsaved friends keep asking her why she is so happy...It’s because of what Christ has done in her life! About 5 decisions were made to live for Christ as Daniel did, and many gave testimonies of how God worked in their lives.



Each day the campers had 2 workshops. One Evangelistic and the other Biblical. The Evangelistic workshops offered were Drama, Mime, Clowns, and Puppets. The teens chose one workshop and learned how to perform a presentation to share the Gospel. The last day of camp each workshop performed in an open-air program in Pisac. Hundreds came out for the singing, clowns, puppets, mimes, and dramas. At the end we passed out tracts to the audience. It was incredible to see teens get so involved in sharing the Gospel through various forms. They did an amazing job!"

Brazil Evangelistic Ministry (Belo Horizonte)

HBC partners with Pastor Geraldo Oliveira of Greater Grace World Outreach in Brazil. Recently, the video below was posted on YouTube, which highlights moments of their outreach and fellowship with members of Heritage Bible Chapel. (The Third Day song it is set to is also a nice touch).

News from Vanessa LaRoche, Pisac, Peru

Vanessa LaRoche is a missionary teacher from Heritage Bible Chapel who is serving for a year in rural Peru.

Ministries of Tambo de Gozo


IPB is going strong!

This month we had the opportunity for our boys to play an exhibition game for Pisac’s semi-pro soccer team, the Pumas. We di-vided the boys into two teams to play soccer be-fore the adults took the field. The Pumas, coached by the father of one of our first graders, played a team led by a very famous coach from Cusco. When the semi-pros took the field each one was holding the hand of one of Tambo’s boys. Many parents came out to watch their sons play and help their daughters cheer.

June 21st was Pisac’s anniversary. To celebrate the town holds an annual parade. Every school and organization of Pisac marches in the parade; Tambo was no exception. Our students spent a few days practicing and did a splendid job representing our school. We carried the Peruvian flag and the flag of Tambo which are the colors of the wordless book.

Chapel has been enriched by four college students from the U.S. this month. These students are working as interns for the Dukes for ten weeks. The kids love them and they are gaining great ministry experience. Groups or individuals are always welcome at Tambo. We’ve already had three groups come and more groups will come every week until August.















God is blessing our ministries mightily! This past month four men accepted Christ at our Tuesday night Bible study. In our teen meetings, over eight teens accepted the Lord. Several of them are soccer players for Tambo. Two women in Ladies Bible Study asked for prayer because they are unsure of their salvation. Pray for Nancy and Pati as we follow up on them.

Faith Sharing Opportunities

In the beginning of this month I had the pleasure of sharing the Gospel with three of the 4th and 5th grade girls. Their names are Nira, Flor, and Paola. Paola has many, many questions, but I think she is close to making a decision to accept Christ. Please pray for these girls, especially Paola.

Another afternoon during the 9 and 11-year-olds soccer practice I had the opportunity to talk with the mother and grandmother of Alonso, a boy who attends Friday children’s meeting. I was able to share with them the purpose for Tambo and all its ministries and give a little of my testimony.

I visited two homes this month with my ministry team. One visit was to encourage a dear lady in our Tuesday Bible study, Anita. Her husband is unsaved and their marriage is struggling. The other was to one of our 3rd graders’ home. Leslie and her parents are unsaved, but they are very open. Pray that as we de-velop this friendship the door will open to sow the seed on fertile soil.

News of Freedom from Straight Ahead Ministries

Kory Capps writes...

"Dalton started coming to Bible study around 7 months ago. He has been steady since that point. During this time frame the Holy Spirit has intervened in his life and brought Dalton to the Lord Jesus Christ where he has learned true freedom. This last Sunday was Dalton's first weekend pass home to be with his family. Daltom persistently urged me to baptize him during this weekend pass. His reason: "I want the world to know what I'm about now."

"So Sunday morning Dalton brought his whole family to our church where wqe celebrated together the work of Christ in his life and baptized him. There is such a freedom and joy now visible in the life of this young man. His family is astonished as well as his old friends. I hope to post this up on our site so you can see it and rejoice with us.

Sincerely,

The Capps"



See Cory's post at the Straight Ahead blog here.