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Visiting the “Least of These”

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Vale do Catimbau is a very impoverished region. Members of the downtown congregation set out for a 5-hour trip into the interior of the state for our second SOS Sertão (SOS Hinterlands). Our visits are to a small community in the Vale do Catimbau, a desert-like region quite isolated from the outside world. Church members […]

Mission Into The Interior (watch video)

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Imagine having no running tap water or electricity, hospitals, police stations, or supermarkets. That is how a community of people live in the Vale do Catimbau. Planning the mission trip at a hotel The Vale do Catimbau is a desert-like region about a 5-hour drive from Recife. Part of that journey is on dirt roads. […]

Some have entertained angels without knowing it

Community of Venezuelans near Recife

The situation of the Venezuelans in Brazil is still precarious. They started a migration to Brazil a few years ago when the situation of their country started to deteriorate under the dictatorship of Maduro. They fled their country to avoid dying of hunger. So far, 300,000 Venezuelans have migrated to Brazil. It is a sad […]

Remembering the poor

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As the pandemic has hit the economy, many of the poorest are feeling it the most. The Body of Christ has responded by increasing her effort to relieve their suffering. This past weekend, a group traveled to a community in the interior of Recife State of Pernambuco. This village is a five-hour drive by car. […]