Peter and Josi's Newsletter June 2017
Dear Friends,
Greetings once again. Thankyou to all those who have sent kind messages, support and prayer. We greatly appreciate you and give thanks to God!
As you probably gathered in our last newsletter there are challenging times in Brazil - But our school Escola Crista Agua Viva continues and we are always pleased to see the children blessed and enjoying school. And yes - we struggle, we struggle knowing the future of Brazil are the children….they will be the adults of tomorrow...and what we sow today will reflect how well we discipled our children in the ways of God.….tears are the salary Josi has to pay many times….My prayer is that Josi will indeed one day reap with joy. We trust God for our tomorrows and for the tomorrows of the children and families we attend. Pray for Brazil…….
Crianças do Rei
Crianças do Rei project continues to function - And we are continuing to raise finance for this work .....please consider helping as you feel led by the Lord. The children being reached are born into extreme poverty living with parents in difficult circumstances in the mangroves not far from our base. Many come to school hungry...times are hard.
But a new development for Crianças do Rei - is we are partnering with friends who have a project called Mission Possible. And we hold a children's club/church every 15 days. We are excited about this because there is a great need for children to receive a good understanding of scripture and know who the Lord is in way that is joyful and life giving. - The children look forward to these saturday morning events which have various activities organised, worship music and a special message for kids. The children love these events and we expect this will continue to grow - Of course we will need more volunteers!. Please pray.
YWAM Brazil Arts conference
I attended the 4th YWAM Brazil Arts conference 17th - 20th May at YWAM Contagem. It wasn't without some challenges, I only managed to purchase a one way ticket! But what an amazing blessing to be at the conference It's been incredibly significant. I made lots of notes and sketches and right from the word go - I was sketching as fast as I could to catch everything....there was so much to sketch! All I can say is I am incredibly grateful to the Lord for this opportunity to be at the Conference!
During the Arts Conference I believe the Lord gave me a word for artists and a picture. I told the leader of the event Daniel Silva if all these things come together - Paint and material for the picture and an easel. - Then I would paint the picture and give the word…..A tall order as I only had the word that morning...plus I had to design the picture for the evening...you could say I was a little nervous…..I was actually supposed to speak for 10 minutes. The word I had came when I woke that same morning with the music from the film “For a few Dollars more” A spaghetti western with the unforgettable music of Ennio Morricone. I had been listening to music from these westerns for a few weeks…..But I was now awake and listening to the music playing in my mind - And this time it was the music from the final duel in the movie. I was gripped by the scene of the last gunfight. And then I started to get an interpretation, an understanding from God’s perspective…...To read more please visit the link to my blog for the full story
Of David. Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. Psalm 144:1
JOCUM PRAIA - ARTS
Since the night I gave the word and picture at the Arts conference...it was a very significant moment. I have in the past had breakthrough moments with the Lord with my art …..this is another one of those moments. Since then I have been meditating and praying - one of the plans I have now is to develop “Live” painting with music and video. One of the major challenges to this kind of art is - It's Live! Pictures need to be executed quickly, for the whole thing to work. But I sense the time has come for me to rise to the challenge. My sketching abilities have been speeding up as I have been sketching….and now is the time to transfer to the big canvas and paint!
I am planning to develop a 1 hour length presentation of “Live” painting. The exciting and challenging part will be the prophetic side…...What does the Lord want to say to this generation?
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While flying back to Fortaleza...I was thinking about all these plans and about evangelising Fortaleza…...as I was looking down flying above the clouds…...I was just thinking about doing evangelism and presentations in Fortaleza, but instead the word “Hollywood” dropped into my mind when thinking about Fortaleza. I was greatly puzzled …....Hollywood is not even on my radar or on my mind. I think the Lord is showing me something significant which I need to look into.
Other news for prayer
Dorothy and one of her cats - Gatão
Dorothy will be 9 years old July 22nd. We thank God for her…... She brings us so much joy and love!
We give thanks to God for all the blessing He bestows on us and answers to pray.
I have still not completed the swimming pool - We need about 1,500 - 2,000 UK pounds to complete. The swimming pool will be able to be rented once we complete. Please keep praying!
Art Gallery - Not started yet…...but let's keep praying!
I really believe the new developments with my artwork will be a major step forward.
We are planning to attend the YWAM Brazil Family Reunion in Caldas Novas in December….Please pray as we make plans.
For a long time we have not had a working vehicle…..We need a vehicle which would make a big difference to our base to go to meetings and do evangelism and presentations….Please pray.
I realise I need to be more regular with our news...but I have some ideas now. I have a blog where I started putting stories and pictures. So I will try to post news more regular alongside news of blog entries too.
One of those blog posts is here “Learning to be Content” http://iparanastudio.blogspot.com.br/2017/04/
With our love and thanks
Peter, Josi and Dorothy
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Peter and Josi Millward, Rua Pintor J. Figueiredo No. 805. Praia Iparana. Caucaia, Ceara. CEP. 61.627-250. Brazil.
