Friday, December 23, 2011

Christmas of 2011

Dear all,

Although Christianity and Judaism are not the same religion, Christmas and Chanukah share a very common trait: Lights.

May during this season we renew our convictions that [our] light can shine in the darkness and bring hope upon mankind.

"The Light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it."

"Even so let your light shine before men;
that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father who is in heaven."



The Nascimento family wishes a Merry Christmas
and that your light will shine in 2012.

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Visit the link below to see photos of our church special Christmas to some poor families in the vicinity.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Good Monday morning, everyone!

First of all, Dayse and I would like to express our sincere gratitude to those who have prayed for our family, in particular Dayse’s father. His behavior has got better in these last two weeks, thus Dayse and Carla (Dayse’s sister) are more at easy. Thanks a lot!
Here follows some highlights in our ministry:

*          On November 5th, we held our first support group meeting for divorced sisters in Christ. We realized that not only we had a significant number of divorced sisters among our brotherhood, but they have not received psychological support or biblical comfort as members of the church. All of them were married to non-Christians.                                 Pray with us that this meeting was the first of many.

*          Have you noticed that maybe your spouse, or your children, or your workmate don’t have the same temperament as yours? Well, last Saturday we had Jerry Heiderich from the south of Brazil ministering to a group of about 50 men. He helped discover their own temperaments, weaknesses and virtues, how to cope with different temperaments, and what temperaments are yours opposite. It was a long but fun and informative afternoon. Jerry also preached at our congregation on the importance of forgiveness on Sunday. Next day, at the church downtown, he taught on how to have “healthy” fights with your spouse! Praise God for Jerry’s classes and wise words.

Prayer List:
1.      That our family health issues make our ministries stronger.
2.      May God grant Dayse and I love to raise our daughters into good Christians.
3.      Wisdom for Mozart, Bira and I (my coworkers), so that we may lead the church into a growing and mature Body of Christ.
4.      For the construction process of new building.
5.      Safety on roads here.


May God bless each of you with his Shalom,

Bio and Dayse Nascimento