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Day 4 Sao Jose dos Campos

Our first introduction to the beautiful AME camp where many disciples are being equipped to transform Brazil with the gospel.

                    

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Partnership with World Outreach

20150606_002803654_iOSRona and I are scheduled to return to Brazil in July at which time we will visit a city called Sao Jose dos Campos. On the invitation of missionaries and Brazilian community and church leaders we will be exploring the possibilities of partnership with an organization that is closely aligned to us in vision and purpose. It seems that pieces of an eternal puzzle are coming together that could propel this work down the road years ahead of what we originally believed. Because it is apparent that our family’s role in Brazil could likely increase, we have made the decision to align ourselves with a mission agency called World Outreach. World Outreach will enable us to raise support in a very streamlined fashion while providing accountability and oversight, allowing us to focus on the work of ministry.
We are appealing to you to help us under write the cost of this very important visit in July. We have already paid for some aspects of the trip, however, there are significant needs yet unmet. We need to immediately raise, in the neighborhood of $2000 to pay for additional airfare/travel and visa costs. You can partner with us by giving a tax deductible gift online or by mailing a check to World Vision.

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FOR TAX DEDUCTIBLE GIFTS:

1.  Online Donations –
http://www.WorldOutreach.org/donations

Select Rick & Rona Kirby #434

(USA & International Cards accepted)

2.  Mail Checks to – World Outreach Ministries

       P.O. Box B
Marietta, GA  30061

(designate for Rick & Rona Kirby #434)

Thank you so much for your prayers and support. Please help us get the word out and follow this blog to stay up to date with all that is happening in Brazil.
In Christ,
Rick and Rona
P.S. – Supporting our ministry is easy and gifts are tax deductible.  The fastest way is to make an Online Donation via www.WorldOutreach.org/donations and select our name from the list.  The system can process USA & International cards.  You can also set-up automatic monthly gifts if you select the “Monthly” option.  Or simply mail your gift to World Outreach Ministries, PO Box B, Marietta, GA 30061 and designate it for Rick & Rona Kirby #434.
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The Gospel and Hobby Lobby

Unfortunately, I have spent a large part of my adult life wrongly thinking that there was a spiritual part of life and a non-spiritual part of life. The spiritual part included activities that revolved around church and Sunday and the non-spiritual part (the largest part) included the real life issues like work and everyday responsibilities which were required to just to get by. If you listen to some people these are 2 distinct compartments of life and they should remain separate from the other. God, however, thinks differently and thankfully he has not allowed me to continue deceived all of my life. He has, instead, helped me to see that “the earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof…” (Psalm 24:1), which means that there is no part of life that God does not exercise dominion and ownership over. This certainly includes our work lives. Nothing is more “spiritual” and God-honoring than when we faithfully work as He has created us to do in such a way to point others to Him.

Chaplains in the workplace, like Frontline Chaplains, are playing a significant role in serving employees and helping workers develop a God-centered perspective of work and in turn companies flourish.