A Verdade Brazil Mission Team - What is 'A Verdade'? (by Jonita Barram)

Faith Baptist is praying for and helping the A Verdade Missions Team go to Brazil July 15–23. But where did that name, 'A Verdade,' come from?

Angel Long explains:

Hannah thought of naming the mission trip this based out of John 8:31 and 32. “A Verdade” is “The Truth” in Portuguese. The prayer is that we would hold to Jesus’ teaching, be His disciples, and all know “The Truth.”

The team will wear shirts that say “A Verdade Brazil Missions,” which should get attention and generate inquiries and conversations. Angel says that is what happened at Chick-Fil-A when our church turned out to support the team.

Lots of people that don’t attend our church asked about what we were doing. So, many spiritual seeds of encouragement were planted too! Praise God. The church showing up in support for the mission was a real encouragement to the owner and managers too—with them even asking for us to please come back.

The missions group has been preparing in other ways as well, spending 10 weeks working through Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper. Angel says:

It was a real eye opener to our spiritual life and how we are using our God-given time and talents.

Angel hopes people will pray the following for the team:

Prayers would be that we would be used of God on His trip—from our preparing here to our future, even in our flight. May He totally use us for His glory, work in us for His kingdom, and work upon our hearts for deeper roots of fellowship with Him. Pray for all to know His love, grace, and mercy.

Related Posts:

• A Verdade Brazil Mission Team - Overview
• A Verdade Missions Trip - 14 Prayer Requests

A Verdade Missions Trip - 14 Prayer Requests

As our A Verdade Brazil Mission Team prepares for its July trip, we have 14 specific prayer requests to share with you.  

1. That God will keep them, their money, and their belongings safe
2. That God will protect their health
3. That they would get through Customs without problems or payment
4. That God would open to them “a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ”
5. That they “may open [their mouths] boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel”
6. That they would enjoy unity
7. That the Lord would minimize language barriers
8. That God would fill them “with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding”
9. That they “may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God”
10. That God would strengthen each one “with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy” (And my experience is that being overseas automatically calls for patience and longsuffering!)
11. That they would redeem the time in witnessing, working, and fellowshipping
12. That they would witness, work, and fellowship empowered by the Holy Spirit, not in their own strength
13. That each one will be open to what God wants to teach him or her during this experience
14. That God would use this trip to burden their hearts for the work of missions—whether they become missionaries or they support missionaries through prayer and finances

Will you pray for them?

Related Posts:

• A Verdade Brazil Mission Team - Overview
• A Verdade Brazil Mission Team - What is 'A Verdade?'

Are You an Overspending Under-Sacrificing Christian? (by Jonathan Reiner)

Jonathan & Jenny Reiner, J.D., Jakey, Juleah, Jillian

As I have been thinking about our Mission Conference I remembered a message from our 2006 Mission Conference that was preached by Jonathan Reiner, missionary to Brazil.  He preached a convicting message entitled Investing in Eternity:  The Overspending Under-Sacrificing Christian.  His sermon was taken from Acts 5 - the passage on Ananias and Sapphira.  You can listen to his message on our website.

There were three main points to his message:

1. Their (Ananias and Sapphira) plan to cheat God
2. Their partner in crime against God
3. Their punishment carried our by God

I challenge you to listen to the message and then ask yourself, "Am I an overspending under-sacrificing Christian?"

Still Waiting... (Jared Malcolm)

This past month has really flown by for me here in Brazil. There is still no news as of yet on the camp sale. We should be hearing some things very soon now that the elections are upon us now. We are praying that the final paperwork will come quickly, and then we can really begin the search for new property. We had a successful retreat at the camp a few saturdays ago. The next scheduled event is a get together for everyone as a final day at the camp once we get the final paperwork.

As far as I go I am doing just fine. I learn something new everyday here in Brazil. From things to buy and also where to buy things for the best price. There is so much for me to learn here that I take for granted while in Florida. It is so much easier to get things done in Florida than it is here in Joao Pessoa. This has been one of the hardest things to adjust to for me.

I am still continuing to run everyday. The other day while out on the streets someone pulled up and asked for directions. I was able to tell them to drive ahead and then make a right turn and continue on ahead. Now I know that you all are really proud of me right now because I was able to tell someone in Portuguese some directions. However, I had no idea what the place was they were going and no idea of the directions to get there. I made sure I walked away fast. I did tell them my name though Pr. Pedro from Florida (Portuguese for Pastor Peter). They are probably still talking about that Pastor from Florida that gave them some directions.

I also had an adventure at an indoor go-kart track. The first was the driving suit they wanted everyone to wear was too small. Then when I got to the car they moved the seat all the way back. The steering wheel was still between my knees. The steering wheel was also egged shaped so everytime I turned it would stuck on my legs. I would have to fight to just get the kart straight again. The last problem was with the seat all the way back I was litterally on top of the engine. I have heard of the saying "The roof is on fire" well the roof wasn't on fire that night, but I can sure tell you that the BACK PORCH really got warm.   I still had fun though representing the USA and came in second. I guess that tells you I watch too much NASCAR.

Thanks again for all your prayers and support.

In His service,

Jared