Barros Family Update
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
January, 2015
I say to the Lord: “you are my Lord; apart from you I have no good
thing” Psalms 16:1
The year of
2014 brought so many good things. We consider ourselves a blessed family and a
privilege to be able to serve the Lord full time. He alone
is our portion and our cup, He makes our lot secure! Psalms 16:5
We have been
married for two years now and last May we found out Tati was pregnant. We are
now eagerly anticipating the expected arrival of our second son, Isaac, in
early February. In July Tati had a slight
placenta detachment. We were very worried and sad. But we chose to trust in the Lord and our
prayer was that this baby belongs to Him along with all we have. If He wanted to take him back, we would still
praise Him. Isaac’s due date is February 4th! Praise God!
Our son Victor
just turned 17 and God has opened an incredible door for him to prepare for his
working adult life! A person that we don’t even know made it possible for
Victor and it is a great miracle. His company will sponsor Victor for two years
to study in one of the best industrial schools in Brazil, which develops a wide
range of vocational training programs.
Victor will be taking industrial mechanics classes and he will have
benefits of a regular company employee. He started his classes this week. Praise God!
Wellington accomplished one more stage in his seminary! It was a hard
semester, full of assignments and papers to write. There are four semesters
left.
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Wellington enjoys Brazilian jiu jitsu in his spare time. For him, it is
a time to relax and restore his energy. He got third place in a local fight
academies championship! Unfortunately,
his class times weren’t working according to his spare time due to our
different ministry activities and he had to stop for the time being. He will try to go back this year.
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Wellington is working to build relationships with his kids. He did a
couple field trips with his groups from Iguatemi and Sapopemba. They went to
parks and pools, we brought them over for pizza and movie a couple evenings.
They have a social media group through an app where they talk everyday, share
prayers requests, struggles and pray for one another. Isn’t that cute?! Praise the Lord!
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Our English School Pilot Project led by Tati is doing well. Fifty-six
students graduated from one more course level! We teach all subjects in the textbooks from a
biblical worldview, using the Bible to teach that salvation is in Jesus Christ
alone and inviting the students to follow the path of Jesus Christ. We are able
to charge a fair fee and there is a waiting list to enroll in our classes. We
are helping support RM operations monthly with a small amount for now. We have
had three teenagers from the RM community as teacher’s assistants. We have six
scholarship students from the RM community. Praise the Lord!
Prayer Requests
Safe, natural childbirth for Isaac and
Tati. In Brazil it is part of our culture to have Cesarean sections, more than
medically necessary. The doctors make more money and mothers don’t have much
say in the delivery room.
Energy and strengh for this new year and
all it is bringing. Please pray for our marriage and family, Tati
learning how to be a brand new mom, Victor’s training process, one more
semester of seminary for Wellington, organize effectively our time to renew our
energies, for children we reach to follow Christ as Lord and Savior, for
the city process to properly zone the area where our land is and resources for
our plans there.
We also would like to ask prayer for
Wellington's dad, Jorge. Last week he was hospitalized with failing kidney complications
and he is going to do dialysis. Please remember him and the family in
prayer as he enters this new season of treatment.
“And my God will meet
all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. To our God
and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen!” Philipppians 4:19
Thanks for taking
your time to read and pray for us!
