Opening Day 2015 in Brazil
On Saturday, February 28th our mission stations throughout Brazil kicked-off the school year with a record number of children participating. It was big start, with many of our programs having more than 100 children in attendance on the first day. Opening day started with a variety of activities from soccer, dance, logic & reason games, painting, and more. Most importantly there was “Quest,” our
Open Arms participates in 4º Annual Justice & Mercy Amazon Pastor’s Conference
In February this year Justice & Mercy Amazon held their 4º Annual Amazon Pastor’s Conference outside of Manaus, Brazil. For the second year Open Arms founder’s Michael & Patricia Meyers, joined with JMA for this amazing work of encouraging and equipping the pastors and missionaries who are on the frontline in the effort to carry the gospel throughout the Amazon basin. We were also blessed
Where’s the Ban-yay-ro?
Twenty-two (22) members of Reston Bible Church, led by Mike Meyers and Jason Goetz, are preparing to jet down to Brazil over spring break to help host a Vacation Bible School (VBS) for up to 200 children of the Terena Indian Tribe. The mixture of parents and kids from 5th grade and up met for the second time yesterday to get to know each
A Moment for the Children
Thank you for taking a moment from your day for our children. Prayer Request – One of our new volunteers in the US shared the following story with me this week, her first time serving in our homework club. “The child I was working with shared with me that he was living with his father, but that his mother and siblings stayed behind in
Field Report from Brazil
After twenty hours in the air and 1500 miles (40 hours) behind the wheel driving I was able to visit with all of Open Arms’ “Agents of Hope” and the kids they minister to, spread out over three states in Brazil. There more highlights than I could possibly relate to you here, but I will list out a few and then let you hear directly
Help Support Our Brazil Soccer Club
One of our soccer schools for at-risk children in Brazil is in needof uniforms for competition. The uniforms we have for our teenage team are WAY too big for the little guys. The cost of 19 kits (shirt, shorts, and socks) in Brazil is $725. That’s just $38 per child. You can help them take the field with pride! An example