109 Profess Faith in Christ in Southern Brazilian Vacation Town
March 3, 2025
Dear Friends,
Everybody needs a little vacation time, of course, but I’m glad that Brazil’s summer vacation has come to an end. Remembering that, south of the equator, the seasons are the opposite of those in the USA. Fall is beginning and students are returning to school, our main venue for evangelistic outreach. We did take advantage of the summer break, though, to host a volunteer missionary training seminar and the results were wonderful. After two weeks of study on the biblical foundation of missions and evangelism, we took our team of 17 full-time missionaries and 16 first-time volunteers to a vacation town on the coast of southern Brazil to minister in the public squares and parks. Our team had the opportunity to share the gospel to over 1600 people. Of these, there were 109 who made a public profession of faith in Jesus. There were also 79 more who rededicated their lives to Christ who realized that they had left their first love and were living in disobedience to God. Now that the summer break is over, though, we have the whole school year scheduled for gospel presentations to thousands of students and staff. Please pray that the Lord will use our teams to bring many of them to a saving knowledge of Christ.
Yago and Manoela are doing well in Portugal. Not without extreme trials, though. I shared last month that they got the news that Manoela was pregnant and that they are both very excited about the coming of their first baby. A few weeks ago, Manoela experienced some strange pains and discomfort and sought medical attention. Not to go into details, I ask that you pray for the Lord to miraculously heal Manoela and her baby. Both are in grave danger of loss of life. They were counseled to abort the baby, but they both refused to do this. May the Lord do what only He can do.
A group of our missions partners are scheduled to arrive in Curitiba this week for a week of evangelistic ministry with Projeto Vida, our outreach team. We are excited to see all that God will do through them together as they share the gospel in several public schools and parks. We know that they will be both a blessing and be blessed as they allow the Lord to use them in this ministry.
Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.
In Christ’s love,
Bobby and Charlene Wacaser
Contact Info:
Bobby & Charlene Wacaser
Currently Stateside ministering to Brazil
Phone: (813) 501-9328
E-mail: bobbymichael_1@hotmail.com
For ministry donations:
Pastor George Sledd, Treasurer of BFM
P.O. Box 471280
Lake Monroe, FL 32747-1280
or click here to donate to BFM online
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Special Pizza Day for Unchurched Friends
May 21, 2024
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We pray and hope that you have had a wonderful, blessed month. We have had a great month with lots of activity at the church.
We had a special friends’ pizza day at the main church. The goal was to bring friends that were not church people to the special day. What was wonderful was that several people got involved in putting things together and helping serve the pizza. The youth help make the pizzas and help serve pizza and drinks. We had lots of people that came. There were around 200 people there. Then we also had Mother’s Day supper. That special day is put together by the fathers and the kids. That was also great. We had mothers who came from the Ubim mission. We had a sermon first then worship while the food was being served. It was fantastic.
This month, the Lord willing, we will start back working on the church building of Cacau and the camp. We have had lots of rain which makes it difficult to work outdoors. Now the rainy season is slowing down which helps.
We are also in process of training some new people to take over the mission at the village of Multirão. Kathy started there, and after a year, a group from Manaus took over the ministry. They were there for 9 years. They informed us that they are moving so they are turning over the mission back to us. So, for the next month while they get ready to move, we are taking different adults and youth to see who will take over the mission. Pray that God will place the people that will take over with a passion for God and ministry.
We want to thank each one of you for your prayers and support. You are an important part in our ministry. May God bless each one of you.
Love in our Lord and Savior,
Odali and Kathy Barros
Pizza Day
Mission of the Village of Multirão
Contact Info:
Odali & Kathy Barros
Iranduba, Amazonas
Brasil, SA
odali_kathy@hotmail.com
For ministry donations:
Pastor George Sledd, Treasurer of BFM
P.O. Box 471280 | Lake Monroe, FL 32747-1280
or click here to donate to BFM online.
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First Meeting at New Mission Point
CONTACT INFO
AJ & Barbara Hensley
30524 Mimi St
Sebring, FL 33870-0530
AJ: 859-539-2302 | Barbara: 859-539-1424
ajcaragua@gmail.com
For ministry donations:
Pastor George Sledd, Treasurer of BFM
P.O. Box 471280 | Lake Monroe, FL 32747-1280
or click here to donate to BFM online.
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Partners in Missions
October 28, 2023
Dear friends,
I am sending several pictures and writing less this month. Please, view each picture prayerfully and receive our full expression of gratitude for your partnership with us in missions.
What an incredible time with David and Kym Pitman while they were in Brazil. During their 14 days with us, we traveled to 21 different cities, covering 2055 miles. Visited 24 churches, ministered to 20 pastors and their families in their homes, David Pitman preached 9 times, participated in two debate panels with Brazilian pastors, ministered at 5 Sunday services with 320 people in all, preached at the Saturday Churches’ Gathering in Paraná with 130 present. Spoke at the pastors & leaders’ breakfast meeting with 43 participants in Garça, Sao Paulo. Kym Pitman had 4 speaking engagements with women. We visited the foster care center Raquel coordinates in São Paulo and were joined by 250 people at the September Conference in Lupercicio, São Paulo. There were 48 decisions made (salvation, baptism, reconciliation, and call to ministry).
My parents (veteran missionaries, Paul and Wanda Hatcher) came to Brazil in October. During their trip, we had two leadership conferences where he spoke to the men and she spoke to the women, one in Cornélio, Paraná state, and the other in Alvara de Carvalho, São Paulo State. We visited several pastors and their families in their homes. We also had the opportunity to visit the foster care center Raquel coordinates. It was a significant time with them for us as a family and had incredible moments together at the lake, at the park, at home at the kids’ school, and at church gatherings.
We humbly reach out to you, our faithful supporters, with two pressing fundraising needs:
a) Sound System, Stage, and Tent:
To enhance our church planting and network gatherings, we need a sound system, stage, and tent. The estimated cost for this essential equipment is 10,000 US dollars, considering the higher expenses for such equipment in Brazil.
b) Second Car Purchase:
Due to the increasing demand and rising expenditure on transportation, we urgently need to acquire a second vehicle. The estimated cost for this much-needed resource is also 10,000 US dollars.
As we step into the new month, we ask for your continued prayers and support. The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Let’s continue partnering in this Kingdom work.
Grateful always,
Judson Hatcher
Contact Info:
Jud & Raquel Hatcher
São Paulo, Brazil
judsonhatcher@gmail.com
(872) 400-6522
For ministry donations:
Pastor George Sledd, Treasurer of BFM
P.O. Box 471280 | Lake Monroe, FL 32747-1280
or click here to donate to BFM online.
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68th Annual Thanksgiving Missions Conference
68th Annual Thanksgiving Missions Conference
November 13th – 14th – 15th, 2023
New Hope Baptist Church
Dearborn Heights, MI – Pastor Terry Adkins
CONFERENCE THEME:
REDEEMED HOW I LOVE TO PROCLAIM IT
“O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon His Name: make known His deeds among the people.”
– Psalm 105:1 –
Do you have any questions about Baptist Faith Missions, about who we are and what we do? Please join us at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday for our BFM advisory meeting (bring your questions and/or suggestions). EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND.
MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13TH
5:00p.m. Dinner
6:30p.m. Music
6:45p.m. Singing
7:15p.m. Message, Pastor George Sledd
Jordan Baptist Church; Sanford, FL
8:00p.m. Singing
8:25p.m. Message, Missionary Bobby Wacaser
Curitiba, Brazil
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14TH.
9:30a.m. Singing
9:45a.m. Message, Pastor Peter Santisteban
Victory Baptist Church; Russellville, KY
10:30a.m. Worshipping in Song
11:00 – 11:10a.m. Break
11:10a.m. Message, Pastor Mark Pyles
Grace Baptist Church; Fairborn, OH
Noon Lunch
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 14TH
1:30p.m. BFM Open-Forum Advisory Meeting
All are welcome to attend.
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14TH
5:00p.m. Dinner
6:30p.m. Music
6:45p.m. Singing
7:15p.m. Message, Lay Pastor Dave Parks
Buck Run Baptist Church; Frankfort, KY
8:25p.m. Message, Missionary Mike Creiglow
Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15TH
9:45a.m. Music
10:00a.m. Singing
10:15a.m. Message, Pastor David Sears
Immanuel Baptist Church; Monticello, KY
11:00a.m. Singing
11:15a.m. Message, Pastor David Pitman
Addyston Baptist Church; Addyston, OH
Noon Lunch
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26 Mile Hike to Remote Tribe
August 11, 2023
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We pray and hope that all are doing well and blessed by our Lord and Savior Jesus. We are doing well, thanks to God. We want to thank each one of you for your prayers and support. You are an important part of our ministry.
My trip with my son Zinho was wonderful. Quite an experience! Just to get to the tribe was very hard. We walked 43 kilometers (26.7 miles). But God was wonderful and gave us strength. The people of the tribe plan on making the path a little wider so they can use a 4-wheeler to help carry things to the tribe and when there are people sick, they can bring them to go to the city for help. We plan on helping them with that. One of the things needed is to buy 2 chainsaws to help them widen the path.
Now that I’m back, we will get back to working at the camp building and the work at the church building at Cacau. The Lord willing, we should be able to get more done since it is not raining as much.
We are planning on having a special day on the river fishing for the couples in the church. We are also planning a festival at the church. The Lord willing, all will go well and be a blessing and will be a way to reach out to those near us to share God’s love and His salvation.
Thanks for your prayers and support!
God bless each one of you!
Love in Christ,
Odali and Kathy
Contact Info:
Odali & Kathy Barros
Iranduba, Amazonas
Brasil, SA
odali_kathy@hotmail.com
For ministry donations:
Pastor George Sledd, Treasurer of BFM
P.O. Box 471280 | Lake Monroe, FL 32747-1280
or click here to donate to BFM online.
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66th Annual Thanksgiving Missions Conference
66th ANNUAL THANKSGIVING MISSIONS CONFERENCE
in the interests of Baptist Faith Missions
November 8-9-10, 2021
New Hope Baptist Church | Dearborn Heights, MI
Pastor Terry Adkins | 313.920.7389 | pastorterrynewhope@yahoo.com
CONFERENCE THEME: BY FAITH WILL YOU…PRAY (Matthew 9:37-38)
BY FAITH WILL YOU…GIVE (2 Corinthians 9:6)
BY FAITH WILL YOU…GO (Isaiah 6:8)
Do you have any questions about Baptist Faith Missions: who we are or what we do? Please join us at 1:30 on Tuesday afternoon for our BFM Open Advisory Forum. Bring your questions and/or suggestions. EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE.
MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8TH
5:00 p.m. Dinner
6.30 p.m. Music
6:45 p.m. Singing
7:15 p.m. Message, Pastor George Sledd
Jordan Baptist Church, Sanford FL
8:00 p.m. Singing
8:25 p.m. Message, Pastor Mark Pyles
Grace Baptist Church, Fairborn OH
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9TH
9:15 a.m. Music & singing
9:30 a.m. Message, Pastor Jonathan Turner
Richland Missionary Baptist Church, Livermore KY
10:15 a.m. Message, Missionary Judson Hatcher
San Paulo, Brazil
11:00 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. Message, Pastor Bill Brooks
Gethsemane Baptist Church, Taylor MI
12:00 NOON LUNCH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 9TH
1:30 p.m. BFM OPEN ADVISORY FORUM
Everyone is welcome! Please feel free to ask any questions you may have about BFM, our missionaries, or our activities
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9TH
5:00 p.m. Dinner
6:30 p.m. Music
6:45 p.m. Singing
7:15 p.m. Message, Pastor Dan Hillard
. Grace Missionary Baptist Church, Wyandotte MI
8:00 p.m. Singing
8:15 p.m. Message, Pastor Peter Santisteban
Victory Baptist Church, Russellville KY
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10TH
9:45 a.m. Music
10:00 a.m. Singing
10:15 a.m. Message, Pastor Darrell Messer
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Bellbrook OH
11:00 a.m. Singing
11:15 a.m. Message, Issac Heil
Addyston Baptist Church, Addyston OH
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News & Reports – August 2021
The Online Edition of the August 2021 BFM News & Reports is available at the link below. Read how God is working through the lives of our faithful missionaries and continue to pray for them.
*Remember you can click on any headline to view the post/story on our website.
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