(( Indigenous Leaders ))

"After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb" rev. 7:9a

On Friday, April 14th,a meeting with the leaders of CONPLEI (National Board of Evangelical Indigineous Pastors) took place in Manaus, Amazon. It was a tremendous joy to hear what God is doing among the indigenous people not only in Brazil but in other countries of South America as well.

Alcerir (blue shirt) is a Terena Indian from a tribe in Mato Grosso do Sul who ave felt called to minister to the indigenous in Brazil. He has left his tribe behind and with CONPLEI is now dedicating his life to sharing the good news with indigenous in Amazon and training others to share God's truth among their people.

As he describes his passions and calling he says:

"...The one leading was actually God, and God was preparing 'I' for this work - a Fulltime training Center. I believe that my God will prepare those who leave the school to, first of all, leave believing in Him, but also prepared to reach others for Jesus.

I was invited by my God to leave my people so I can reach "my people" - sons of the same Father - Jesus Christ"

Alcerir has been trained and empowered to raise an army to fight for the salvation of His people in the Amazon Basin. Praise God for that!

Pray for Him as he continues to serve God among his people and for us as we seek partnership with our indigenous brothers to reach others.

"...May all the peoples praise you, Oh God! May all the peoples Praise You!"

Psalm 67

Sarah Castro

Amazon, Brasil.

Time to Answer

"...For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Phil. 1:21

It is upon that belief that several Brazilian believers have committed to God's plan to take the hope of Christ to all people in the World.

On April 8 - 9 over one hundred believers in Manaus were gathered at the Constantinópolis Baptist Church's Camp to interact with Brazilian Missionaries from our International Mission Board in Brasil to hear about what God is doing through them on fields of Africa and Middle East (the target regions of our Cooperative Program 2011.)

Several participants came from different States of Brasil. There were people from Amapá, Roraima, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, and several churches from Manaus sent their members to the Missions Conference.

As the sessions continued to take place, it was impossible to not feel the presence of God and the work of the Holy Spirit amount the believers there in. The missionaries would share their story and the miracles God is doing in places completely resistant to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and people could only stop right then and pray. Videos were shown of the reality of those who live under the socio-economic-political reality of Islam and the slavery upon those who devoted their live to Voodooism. Jesus came so that they would have life!

However, the climax of it all was to see so many of them being called to be part of what God is doing! I had a chance to talk to a few that surrendered their life to the calling of Jesus to be a missionary in the Amazon, in Brasil and in the world. GOD is still in the calling business!!

We pray that we, as believers, would continue to be sensitive to His Holy Spirit and would too surrender to his call upon our lives.

May you join us and all the Brazilians who have been called to reach the Amazonas State for Christ!

Celebrate Jesus, Celebrate the Cross and Celebrate the work He will continue to do through us and in Us!

If you would like to know how to join one of our teams in 2011 or 2012 please contact us at: charles@avmbrazil.com

by His Grace Alone,

Sarah Castro

Amazon, Brasil. --- Be a part of it, leave your comments! ---

..Brazilian Volunteers Join AVM in the Amazon...

"May all the people's praise you Oh God!"

Nara Suellen is a volunteer missionary whom God has called to serve Him in the Amazon.

She has kindly shared her passion and experiences with us. We hope it encourages you!

We celebrate God's work within the Brazilian Churches and the work of His Spirit in calling people for His work!

"“Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. ⁸ Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,”

.Jeremiah 1:7-8

Dear ones, for last 3 years my heart has beat for missions, a strong and growning desire within to serve the Lord. God caught my attention to his work through the testimony of a girl from Pelotas called Andresa. I saw in her life a love for God’s work that I had not seen before. I was impressed by her they way she devoted her time to God’s service. One of the things she said was that : “God gives us 24 hours a day, if we take an hour to share about Jesus, that would be a lot already”; since then I was ashamed of myself and decided to spend my time and my life doing mission work.

I served in Pão de açúcar- Alagoas first. In desert parts of the northestern parts of Brazil was where I surrendered my life to the cause of the Gospel of Jesus Christ when I saw wonders happening in that place. The hand of God upon those people even though so many of them were life Joseph who spend most of his life in spiritual blindness but came to a true relationship with Christ through His grace.

I have seen God at work in Manaus, and some parts of the interior through the Pescador project. Recently I had an opportunity to serve with AVM and Indigenous missions as well. I was a great joy to serve through AVM with one of the american teams. It was a tremendous and encouraging experience. Even though I am a translator (yet) God gave me wonderful opportunities of ministry that week.

He kept on surprising me taking me to the middle of the Amazon Forest to be part of a missionary team that went to the Indigenous Reserve Sateré Mawé. There were so many challenges to minister to the indians there, beginning with the language barreer. However, we witnessed worship as never seen before. The Saterés kids called Riracariá were very responsive to and involved in the actitivies we did with them. The indigenous people are extremely simple but with big hearts and they are overwhelmed with joy, respect and love.

Dear ones, the word of God calls, recruits and requires action. I encourage you to press on and when everything around is against you, know that God is ready to empower you to do everything for the cause of the Gospel.

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.” Rm 1.16

Nara Suelem- Missions Voluteer at God's service