My husband and I have adjusted to many different aspects of life here in Brazil – the food, driving a stick shift car, hearing Portuguese every day – but the one thing we have never quite gotten used to is winter.
When we lived in the United States I always looked forward to winter, to sitting […]
More than a year ago, we got to know Carlos Cezar. He was invited to a youth meeting by a neighbor, Christiane, who is a communicant member. She is the only member of her family to participate in our church. When I asked Cezar last week why he continued to come after that first meeting, […]
Our church building in Dourados was recently repainted. The improvements to the front of the church were funded by interested Christians of the WELS, and we appreciate this help.
The sign boards you see on the sidewalk in front of church are our first attempt to attract the people who walk and bicycle by the church […]
How is mission work going in your part of the Kingdom? Is a lot happening? Or does it seem like status quo?
There is nothing exciting to write to you this month. That is, nothing other than the steady preaching and teaching of the Word and the outreach to whomever will listen! Out faithful Kingdom Worker […]
From February 3-5, when much of Brazil was busy celebrating Carnaval weekend, the ILB (Brazilian Lutheran Church) had the privilege of holding its first General Assembly. This gathering, similar to a Synod Convention was hosted by Estrela de Belém congregation in Dourados, MS. Although this General Assembly was very small compared to the conventions of […]
Since 1964, WELS has been working to bring the good news of Jesus’ resurrection to Latin America. Missionaries were first sent to Puerto Rico. During the following decades, mission work spread to more countries south of the U.S. border.
Today, 12 WELS missionaries serve Latin America. In addition to Puerto Rico, they reside in Mexico, the […]
LATTE stands for Latin American Traveling Theological Educators. Latin American because work is done in all of the mission fields in Latin America—Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Brazil. Traveling because visits are made to each field on a rotating basis. Theological Educators because missionaries serve as the seminary professors of the men […]
In Brazil, the world’s fifth-largest country, three WELS missionaries are working to establish a Brazilian Lutheran Church. By modeling ministry and on-the-job training of national leaders, our missionaries seek to help congregations grow (by God’s grace) in the cities of Dourados, Cuiabá, Gravataí and Cachoeirinha.
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Missionary David Bivens was assigned as a missionary to Brazil where he and his wife would carry out ministry in the Portuguese language in and around the city of Gravataí located in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Please pray for them as they seek to bring the Gospel message to another country and […]
Missionary Guy Marquardt has served on the Brazil field since his assignment from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1994. The Marquardt family lives in Gravataí, in the southern-most state in Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul. Missionary Marquardt’s current duties include serving as Field Coordinator for the Brazil mission and director of the seminary, and modeling ministry in the […]
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