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February Newsletter

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Back in Brazil I made it back safely to Brazil on January 5th after my home assignment in Idaho. It was an amazing and surprising experience to preach and share with so many people in the Northwest about the ministry here in Anapolis. It was very encouraging, but also I got to grow as a preacher through preaching the same message to different congregations and contexts.  Sanctuary Update This month saw some big changes to our sanctuary space. Pastor Marcos attached corrugated steel panels to the sides of the tent to protect the space better from wind and rain. We are getting into the peak of rainy season, and it will probably rain 4-6 days a week for the next couple months. We also made a new projector screen. I say "we" because the girls and I helped wrap and tie the fabric around the structure Marcos made. It is very MacGyver on the back. The cross is very special because it is the same cross that hung in our first worship space in the pastors' garage, and it is made fr

A Week of Selfies

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Since there is no such thing as a "typical" week for me, this is just a random week that I thought would go one way and went completely differently... which does in that sense make it completely typical and normal. Unfortunately, there's no way to give you a complete look at my life through selfies. A lot of my work in ministry and discipleship is in contexts where it would be inappropriate to take a picture. Many of the pictures from this week are more "life" stuff and I'll try to fill you in on some of the ministry things that happened during the week as we go. Thank you for being here, for your interest, support, curiosity, and love. I do need to just quickly say that I am in a situation where I am doing fundraising online instead of in person like I would usually do. It's been a few years since I've done fundraising and I need new donors to partner with me by donating monthly. I need 9 new donors to commit to giving any amount monthly for the nex

Explore Training

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In 2018, I moved to Anapolis, Goias in Brazil to plant a Nazarene church with a missionary team sent by a mission organization called Extreme Nazarene, which later became Ardeo Global. Our project contract ended in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic. Throughout the next year, I prayed a lot about what my next steps should be, and God clearly called me to continue working at our church plant here in Anapolis. It has been the perfect place for me to be and I’m so glad I still get to live and work here. (By “perfect” I don’t mean easy in any sense) At the beginning of this year, several of you spoke with me about becoming an official missionary with the Church of the Nazarene. I prayed about it and God did not confirm or deny specifically what I should do, but I felt peace about starting the application process and learning more about this option. That’s still where I am now. I’ve finished most of the application process, but we are still talking about logistics and whether this is a g