Preparing for Easter

Every year we have a special celebration for Easter, sharing the true reason for the holiday. Please partner with us to provide these children with something they will never forget. All the information is here

Needed for This Weekend

While most of us are getting ready for Valentine's day, things look a little different in Brazil. 

This weekend begins Brazilian Carnaval: and like most parties, you get what you pay for. 

Most of the churches plan their summer beach camp during this week, to get away from the violence and drinking that accompanies Carnaval. 

For the children of Living Stones Cajueiro Claro, this is their one option away from the Carnaval parties, which often exploit poor children. Unfortunately, they do not have the ability to pay for food, gas, and help in renting a beach house. Most of the families, even those better off, have not received their paychecks from December and January, due to corruption in the local government. 

Here are some of the children hoping for your help/scholarships to go to Carnaval Camp this weekend: please, if you feel led to give any amount, please do so now so we can let them know they can go. 

So far, no scholarships have come in. 

Donate HERE

Goals and Dreams for 2015

This is the first year we not only have a good rollover to begin the year, but also have two programs fully supported (Cajueiro Claro and Lagoa)! Caid and Rachel Ferguson will also be serving in Brazil, hoping to build up the programs in Mussurepe and Guadalajara. For your prayers:

For our different locations:

• Cajueiro Claro is supported monthly for food, salary, and transportation. We dream for a Music/computer teacher ($200 monthly), and uniforms ($150). 
• Lagoa de Itaenga is supported monthly for food, salary, and supplies. We dream for a printer ($200). 
• Mussurepe is beginning public school ministry. We dream to be a full program and receive monthly funding. 
• Guadalajara is building up/training youth leaders and getting the church leadership more involved. We dream to be a full program and receive monthly funding. 
• Belem is a weekly outreach. We dream for the ministry to be taken over by local leadership. 
• The trash dump has prayer support for local leadership. We dream to have training for local leadership.
• Lastly, we dream for other churches/church plants to expand their outreaches through Living Stones (training and resources) . 

For our Yearly Celebrations:

• January/February: Carnaval Camp ($100 a family, up to 10 families) wribrazil.com/carnavalcamp
• March/April: Easter ($100 per program up to 5) wribrazil.com/kitsforkids
• May: Mother’s day ($100 per program, up to 5) wribrazil.com/momentsformoms
• June/July: Trek for Transportation: wribrazil.com/trek
• August: Father’s day ($100 per program, up to 5) wribrazil.com/dayfordad 
• September/October: Children’s day ($100 per program, up to 5) wribrazil.com/literacy
• November/December: Christmas ($100 per program, up to 5) wribrazil.com/10forthem 

For things we always need:

• LOVE: provide a birthday party (wribrazil.com/10forthem)
• EDUCATION: Help us educate to eradicate poverty (wribrazil.com/literacy) 
• NUTRITION: For $1 you can provide a meal (wribrazil.com/5for5)
• DIRECTION: sponsor a child, plant a church, change a community (wribrazil.com/foundationbuilder)

Impact 2015: Timbauba

For the past couple of years, during summer break (early January), people (and many youth) from all of the Community Churches have gathered together for a time of training and then on-site application of Christian love, outreach, and evangelism. This year, their mission (IMPACT) was the town of Timbauba.

Whoever could camped out in tents or on the church floor in Timbauba, and during the days they would visit homes, do sports ministries, and serve. In the evenings, they set up street meetings, with mime, singing, and preaching the Gospel.

It was a lot of fun, a lot of work, and a lot of people. Seventy-seven people in Timbauba made decisions for Christ through this IMPACT. 

Thank you to all who served! This is such an important ministry not simply for Timbauba, but for the Community Churches, as they connect, get experience, and form lasting friendships with their sister churches. Praise the Lord for this unity! 

Brazilian Carnaval

The weekend of February 13, 2015 will begin Brazilian Carnaval this year. (To read more, go here)

Many of the churches are planning their summer beach camp "get-away," and we want to enable some of the Living Stones children, and their families to participate. A vacation is not someone struggling with poverty can afford: for around $100, you could send a whole family to Carnaval Camp, where they can enjoy themselves and grow, while being surrounded by godly influences and families who care about them. Join with us here.

What a Year: 2014

Take some time to watch this video and see what God has been doing this year through Living Stones.

Over 12,000 meals served through the Soup ministry in Belem, the Trash Dump, Mussurepe, Cajueiro, Paudalho, Acacias minisry, and Santo Antonio.

Over 4,000 meals were served at the Living Stones programs in Cajueiro Claro and Mussurepe.

Around 35 children are in our full-time program at Cajueiro Claro, 70 more in outreaches in Mussurepe, Lagoa, Belem, and 90 more in partnerships at Guadalajara and the Trash Dump.

Over 300 children heard the gospel through Living Stones in 2014, in living and active ways such as sports programs, music/drama outreaches, church events, birthday parties, and special celebrations.

Thank you for your generous giving of over $15,000 this year (not including December). We cannot continue without you.

Five Perfect Presents

1.      Become a Foundation Builder: www.wribrazil.com/foundationbuilder. It starts with a dollar a day. Support a child, build a church, and change a community.

2.      Buy a present for a child in Brazil by giving $10 for Them: www.wribrazil.com/10forthem. For the cost of a gift card, a birthday or holiday present can be purchased and given to a child who would normally not receive one.

3.      Feed 5 children with $5 for 5: www.wribrazil.com/5for5. By giving five dollars (a fast food value meal) to Living Stones, you are providing a hot lunch for five children who lack basic nutrition, security, and care.

4.      Know how to Pray by signing up for Living Stones monthly e-newsletters at www.buildinglivingstone.blogspot.com. Sign other people up for our monthly e-newsletters as well.

5.      Become a Representative for Living Stones: http://wribrazil.com/lsconnect  this is a gift to others, since for every person who needs to receive, there is a person who needs to give. By connecting others to what is happening in Brazil and how they can become involved, you are giving them a chance to do something real and lasting. Write to receive your packet of information today: amobrasil99@hotmail.com