Recent Stories from Brazil
Love and Life Ministry17 Oct, 2008
The Love and Life Ministry in Brazil reaches out to poor communities with the voluntary help of many local professionals.
Out of the mud15 Apr, 2008
Brazilian lady that got out from the streets of Sao Paulo and was transformed by the Gospel. Today she is a missionary reaching the marginalized people.
A hug for peace22 Aug, 2007
On Friday 13 July, people from all over the world gathered to watch the official opening of the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
TeenStreet Brazil23 Jan, 2006
Around 500 teenagers gathered in Maringa, Brazil for TeenStreet in January 2006 - double the number at the 2005 conference.
FISHERS OF MEN
12 May, 2004
Marcio Garcia was a 20-year-old Bible student when he first had the vision of reaching Brazil's isolated fishermen with the good news of salvation. Uncertain whether this was from God, he shared his dream with experienced believers. Most encouraged Marcio to go ahead.
The first priority was to survey 5,600 miles of Brazilian coastline. With the help of Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Marcio eventually located 2,000 villages that had no knowledge of Jesus Christ. For the first 3½ years, he and his wife Damaris lived on a boat and managed to introduce Jesus to 62 fishing villages. Afterwards they based themselves among the fishermen and raised a family in very simple conditions.
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