Barros Family USA Visit

We have been in Oregon in the USA for a little over 3 weeks now! Victor couldn't make this time. Our beautiful young man has grown up! He is in his 3rd year of college and was blessed with an internship at IBM last October!

Our hearts are thrilled to see so many special people that have been a part of our life journey, —people who have been in Brazil, prayer warriors, supporters and getting to meet new folks—all of them are touching our lives! We are so privileged to have so many friends up here, but more than that, we are all family in Christ!!! We have learned and grown A LOT from those daily visits with God's people and we feel really blessed! 

We still have 3 months of travels in the USA to go and are looking forward to visiting with you, introducing our youngest children and sharing our hearts with you about where God is leading us next.

While serving with Restoration Ministries, we worked with many children and had the privilege of watching them become the next generation of those who are transformed by the power of the Gospel. The impact that Restoration Ministries made in our family is bearing fruit in a new direction. God has called us to Mozambique Island, Africa (off the Northeast Coast of Mozambique).

We would love to visit with you, hear from you, give updates about Restoration Ministries and share personally with you about our call to Mozambique Island! The following is our upcoming schedule:

Sacramento area, CA - April 3rd to April 28th
April 7th and 8th - Lakeside Church - Folsom
April 15th - Arcade Church - Carmichael
April 22nd - Oak Hills Church - Folsom

Bay Area, CA  (Modesto, Morgan Hill and Los Altos) - May 9th to 31st
May 19th and 20th - Morgan Hill Bible Church - Morgan Hill
May 27th - Bridges Community Church - Los Altos Hills

Brenham, TX - June 4th to 12th
June 10th - Champion Fellowship Church - Brenham 

Billings, MT - June 13th to 18th
June 17th - Heights Baptist Church - Billings 

Denver, CO - June 19th to 22nd

We will be hosting either a dessert or pot luck in each one of this areas. We are open to meeting with you in any context—one on one, sharing in small groups or in your home. Please email us if you would like to see us.

Our family has been sick couple times while up here, specially baby Caleb, who just turned 4 months old. He is coughing and very congested. Please keep our family health in your prayers as we have a busy schedule for the duration of our time here in the USA.

God bless you!

Wellington and Tatiane Barros

"For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen" 

Rm 11:36

New Years Letter

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.

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.

 Last year we changed a little bit our ministry outreach strategy focusing more on small groups with the kids. The number of children that attend our main program named Agita (outdoor program in the heart of the slums) decreased as the children adapted to our new schedule. Slowly they got used to and joined our small groups. We believe it is the right way to go: making disciples, teaching these kids about salvation and the Lordship of Jesus Christ in a more relational way.

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!

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!

Wellington, Tati, Victor and Isaac Barros