October 2010 News
Couples Retreat in Itu
Thirty-five couples from Itu and surrounding cities attended this year’s couples retreat at the Ibiqua Eco Resort in Avare, Sao Paulo. Jerry delivered 5 lessons on the Five Love Languagaes by Gary Chapman. The weekend also included group sharing sessions, a sunrise worship service and wonderful fellowship. Many of the couples were visitors and one of these has since been baptized (Roberto e Fernanda Engler). Afterwards several of the couples came to Jerry seeking counseling for their marriages. We are witnessing God’s work in the lives of these couples. If you would like to see some video testimonies about this event (in English), please go to our blog site (www.institutofamiliar.blogspot.com) and see what some of the participants had to say.
Galavanting with Gail
Gail has had two opportunities to be with sisters from around the country in the last couple of months. She taught a class on Patience at the Guarulhos,SP
congregation’s women’s retreat. Her broken ankle over the
summer really helped her prepare for this!
The first week in October, Gail was blessed to participate in the third Continent Care Connection held in Marisias, SP and sponsored by Continent of Great Cities. A team of 17 American sisters came to teach, counsel, and encourage 41 missionary women from seven Latin American countries. It is so encouraging for us to be able to spend a week with women who understand what we are going though and who can help us become stronger spiritually and emotionally. It gives us motivation and resilience for doing God´s work. Thanks to anyone out there who helped support the CCC this year.
My sharing group at the CCC, they taught me so much!
The 17 incredible women who served us and loved on us.
Three New National Teams
In August we began planning and screening for several new Brazilian mission teams. We serve as consultants for Continent of Great Cities in this effort. Our job is to do the screening, testing and relationship development of the couples who are being recruited and trained. At this time we have 3 possible sites for new teams. One will be a completely new work and the other two will be helping churches that already have great buildings and locations and have a desire for revival and new growth. Please pray with us that God will send to us those he has prepared for this work.
New Elders Selected for Itu Church
Four new elders were selected to serve at the Itu Church along with the four who already serve here. Bryan Gibbs, Edson Delgado, Adão da Silva and Luiz Barros were called out by the congregation to help shepherd the flock alongside Antenor Gonçalves, Zezo Camargo, Sérgio Guazzelli and Durvalino Rossi. We are excited to see more men taking on the sacred responsibility of eldership.
BIG MAC ATTACK!
The British magazine, The Economist, has developed an informal way of gauging the purchasing-power parity of the US dollar. Since 1996 they have been gauging a country’s currency as super-valued or under-valued, as compared to the dollar, based on the price of a Big Mac. Because the Big Mac is basically the same product, sold in 120 countries, it is used as the basis for their “index”. The average price for a Big Mac in the US is a bit over three bucks. Guess what? The average Big Mac in Brazil costs nearly US$ 5.50, loosing out to only Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. So, for those of us who get our funds in dollars, they don’t go very far.
To keep our continent-wide (twice the size of the US) ministry reaching into the lives of leadership couples and church-planting teams we ask that you prayerfully consider an end of the year gift to the Family Institute of Latin America.
Thirty-five couples from Itu and surrounding cities attended this year’s couples retreat at the Ibiqua Eco Resort in Avare, Sao Paulo. Jerry delivered 5 lessons on the Five Love Languagaes by Gary Chapman. The weekend also included group sharing sessions, a sunrise worship service and wonderful fellowship. Many of the couples were visitors and one of these has since been baptized (Roberto e Fernanda Engler). Afterwards several of the couples came to Jerry seeking counseling for their marriages. We are witnessing God’s work in the lives of these couples. If you would like to see some video testimonies about this event (in English), please go to our blog site (www.institutofamiliar.blogspot.com) and see what some of the participants had to say.
Galavanting with Gail
Gail has had two opportunities to be with sisters from around the country in the last couple of months. She taught a class on Patience at the Guarulhos,SP
congregation’s women’s retreat. Her broken ankle over the
summer really helped her prepare for this!
The first week in October, Gail was blessed to participate in the third Continent Care Connection held in Marisias, SP and sponsored by Continent of Great Cities. A team of 17 American sisters came to teach, counsel, and encourage 41 missionary women from seven Latin American countries. It is so encouraging for us to be able to spend a week with women who understand what we are going though and who can help us become stronger spiritually and emotionally. It gives us motivation and resilience for doing God´s work. Thanks to anyone out there who helped support the CCC this year.
My sharing group at the CCC, they taught me so much!
The 17 incredible women who served us and loved on us.
Three New National Teams
In August we began planning and screening for several new Brazilian mission teams. We serve as consultants for Continent of Great Cities in this effort. Our job is to do the screening, testing and relationship development of the couples who are being recruited and trained. At this time we have 3 possible sites for new teams. One will be a completely new work and the other two will be helping churches that already have great buildings and locations and have a desire for revival and new growth. Please pray with us that God will send to us those he has prepared for this work.
New Elders Selected for Itu Church
Four new elders were selected to serve at the Itu Church along with the four who already serve here. Bryan Gibbs, Edson Delgado, Adão da Silva and Luiz Barros were called out by the congregation to help shepherd the flock alongside Antenor Gonçalves, Zezo Camargo, Sérgio Guazzelli and Durvalino Rossi. We are excited to see more men taking on the sacred responsibility of eldership.BIG MAC ATTACK!
The British magazine, The Economist, has developed an informal way of gauging the purchasing-power parity of the US dollar. Since 1996 they have been gauging a country’s currency as super-valued or under-valued, as compared to the dollar, based on the price of a Big Mac. Because the Big Mac is basically the same product, sold in 120 countries, it is used as the basis for their “index”. The average price for a Big Mac in the US is a bit over three bucks. Guess what? The average Big Mac in Brazil costs nearly US$ 5.50, loosing out to only Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. So, for those of us who get our funds in dollars, they don’t go very far.
To keep our continent-wide (twice the size of the US) ministry reaching into the lives of leadership couples and church-planting teams we ask that you prayerfully consider an end of the year gift to the Family Institute of Latin America.
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