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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT PRAYERS ENCOURAGEMENT

In taking the gospel to the ends of the world, we are called to testify to the truth about

Jesus and how He has changed our lives. How shall they believe in Him of whom they have

not heard? (Rom. 10:14).

It is time to share and celebrate what God has done during our Global Missions ministry

trips in August and September. All the Glory and Honor to our Savior Jesus Christ.

Brazil Foz do Iguacu Parana State

August 7 -15

WM team: 3 (Nancy and Mike Shelly and Auzelio Santini)

Number of people who accepted Jesus as Savior = 46

Church planted: 1

Thank you for your prayers. God answered each one of our requests. He give me wisdom as

I trained Pastor Rodrigues, e3 regional coordinator for Foz do Iguacu area, on e3

procedures and guide lines for utilizing e3 methodology and tools to ignite a Church

Planting Movement in the Foz do Iguacu region. God gave us boldness and words as we

encountered Muslims, Buddhists, and Catholics.

Buddhist temple - Foz do Iguacu Mosque - Foz do Iguacu

Our WM team of three worked with Pastor Genildo Igreja Batista Jardim Sao Paulo. He

had a vision to plant a church in a neighborhood near the church building. When we firstvisited the plant church site, trash was the word that come to my mind. TRASHnoun

anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish (dictionary.com). People that reside in

this area make their income by collecting trash bags from houses in the vicinities selecting

what to sell, what to eat, what to trash.


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At this point I knew we were in the place that God wanted us to be. He loves His people

and sent His Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for you and for them.

Lately, I have realized that during mission trips we find the best opportunities to disciple

people that are with us. I thank God that He allowed me to spend time with Mike and

Nancy sharing the Gospel and making disciples. Mike and I made our first visit to a young

man. It was a blessing to see Mikes passion when sharing his testimony and presenting theGospel to this young man. On the same day I spent some time talking and ministering to

C, a man that makes his income selecting garbage for others. Both of them came every

night to Bible study at the church building.

Mike sharing the Gospel Nancy and C

Pastor Rodrigues e3 regional coordinator Windermere Ministry Team


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Brazil Aguas Lindas Brasilia DF

August 15 - 22

WM team: 1Number of people who accepted Jesus as Savior = 438

Churches planted = 3

Thank you for your prayers. God answered each one of our requests. He gave me wisdom,

kindness, leadership skills as I led this campaign as a Church Planter alongside Carol

Wilson, e3 Church Plant Coordinator. God also give me wisdom as I trained Pastor

Joaquim, e3 regional coordinator for Brasilia region, on e3 procedures and guide lines to

ignite a Church Planting Movement in Brasilia utilizing e3 methodology and tools.

God gave us boldness and words as we encountered people living in poverty, abusive

situations, and addiction to alcohol.

In Aguas Lindas our e3 team worked with four churches evangelizing their neighborhood

and mission points. We spent two days in each site. We divided our American short term

missionaries in two teams and each one of them worked in one of those four sites for two

days. We also conducted services with Bible studies on all evenings where New Life in

Christ discipleship material was utilized.

Pr. Joaquim e3 regional coordinator We PRAY We EVANGELIZE


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We study the Bible MADE disciples of Jesus Christ.

Bob and I went to visit a family (pictured above) and as Bob started to share the Gospel,

we realized that God had a plan here is Bobs testimony The visit with Amelia (59),Janulina (56) and Ivanilda (19) was filled with the Holy Spirit as these three women were

transformed from ignoring us at the beginning of our visit, then identifying with

experiences like those in my testimony, to ultimately accepting Jesus as their Savior.

Though the older two women could not read, they were brilliant in the follow up Bible

lesson.

As we evangelized and made disciples in Aguas

Lindas, we had the opportunity to meet Godly

men and women. It was amazing learning what

God has done in Antoniasand Roneis lives and

family. She and her husband used to compete

on who could drink more at the bars. Today,

both of them, along with Jeilson (14), Jean

(15), and Victor (9) started a church in their

house. As we visited them God used us to bring

a word of encouragement to the family.

Ronei Antonia Jeilson Victor Jean

Brazilians are very open to the Gospel and are willing to participate in Bible studies and

services. We need to be very intentional in not only presenting the Gospel but also to start

the discipleship process by being Christs hands and feet. We also need to continue to

develop in ourselves a sense of empowering the nationals (i.e. having them more and more

involved in leading activities in the field as well as in evening Bible studies). I believe this

will ignite a strong and steady church planting movement among Brazilian churches.


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Brazil Santo Andre - Sao Paulo State

August 22 -29

WM team: 4

Number of people who accepted Jesus as Savior = 136

Churches planted = 3

Thank you for your prayers. God answered each one of our requests. God gave me wisdom,

kindness and teaching skills as I trained Paul Boyes, e3 staff, on e3 procedures and guide

lines to become an e3 Church Planting leader. He was excellent!!

God gave us boldness and words as we encountered people living in poverty, abusive

situations, prostitution, addition to drugs and alcohol.

God protected us against the enemy as witchcraft is a very common practice in Santo

Andre.

In Santo Andre Sao Paulo our e3 team partnered with two churches to evangelize four

distinct areas where pastors had a vision to plant new churches. We worked in three slams

(favelas) areas and in the churches neighborhood. We also had all the evening services

with Bible study with discipleship material in Portuguese New Life in Christ.

Despite the fact that we had some raining days and worked in some very rough areas,


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our team kept on GOING, kept on SHARING, and kept on MAKING DISCIPLES

The day was almost over, it was cold and we were all

wet since it had been raining all that afternoon. I sawSueli and started to talk with her. I asked Teresa,

who was a few yards from me finishing talking with

someone, to share her testimony with Sueli. Same

story, same problems, same lack of hope. Teresa then

shared with her the Salvation Plan and Sueli accepted

Jesus as Savior. She was joyful when she left and

started to share with her next door neighbor about

Jesus.

Now she will be spending eternity in Heaven.Two of our campaigners, Kirk Stenersen and

Naomi Stenersen, are cousins. He lives in New

Hampshire and Naomi lives in Washington State.

Here is part of their stories We could not

determine if she was sincere, but I really felt we

needed to try again, so we did. She is a 17 year

old and had accepted Christ at a younger age, but

had left God, church and relationships with her

Christian family. She re-committed to Christ and

wept as we prayed. It was an encouragement

because my sister has walked away from Christ. Kirk Stenersen

We went to a house and a lady was out getting a package that came in the mail. She wasexpecting a baby and was due in a few weeks. I shared my testimony and realized we have

same story. Shereceived Christ against her familys wishes and then asked us to pray for

her baby too. Naomi Stenersen


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Brazil Sao Paulo City Sao Paulo State

August 29 September 7

WM and e3 team: 1

Thank you for your prayers. God answered each one of our requests. God gave me wisdom

as I initiated contacts with pastors and churches with the intent to forge partnerships

with e3 to host campaigns in 2010. God provided ten new churches and I met with the

pastors and some other ministries to plan e3 trips for 2010. God gave me discernment in

realizing where He wants us to be conducting campaigns in 2010. He also gave me steam

and energy since this was the fourth week of working in Brazil. As always, God provides an

oasis of rest.

Meetings were arranged in Santo Andre, Sao Paulo, Campinas, and Sao Jose dos Campos.

As I visited nine churches in Brazil of different denominations, I was amazed by how

Brazilian churches are obedient to the Great Commission. They send missionaries overseas,

they have outreach in other states in Brazil and in their neighborhood, but all of them

want to host an e3 campaign and learn e3s methodology of planting churches. They all have

the same vision to ignite a church planting movement in all of Brazil.

Sao Paulo Sao Paulo


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Santo Andre Pr. Antonio Igreja Familia de Jesus

Thank you to all of you who prayed; you were as much a part of our teams as if you were

there with us. I greatly appreciate you.

Have a blessed day.

In His grip always,

Auzelio Santini

Matthew 25: 35-36For I was hungry and you gave me something to

eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger

and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sickand you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

Everyone you meet is in need of either evangelizing or training.

Evangelize the lost and train the ChristiansDavid Garrison

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