Eduardo & Claudia Ribeiro
President & Field Director (Open Arms in Brazil)
Eduardo’s Story:
As a boy Eduardo became involved with a gang and was eventually arrested on burglary and drug charges and sentenced to time at a juvenile detention center. Upon release he began attending a church youth group and volunteering with Open Arms. He came to Christ through the youth group in 2007 shortly after his release and began teaching dance as a volunteer in an Open Arms Kids Club, participating in Open Arms short term missions, and attending evangelism training camps.
In 2013, after many years of serving as a volunteer with Open Arms, being discipled by Open Arms missionaries, supporting himself as a commercial painter, and graduating from college, Eduardo became a full-time missionary with Open Arms. In 2014 Eduardo assumed the role of Vice-President for Open Arms in Brazil, and then in 2018, President & Field Director for Brazil.
He and Claudia married in November 2013, and have two beautiful little girls.
“My mission is to reach young people with the good news of Jesus in a way they can understand and show them the narrow path that leads to life.”