Peter and Josi’s Newsletter - February 2020
Dears Friends!
It's 2020 and we are already in February! Greetings once again and many thanks to all who write to us, for your prayers and help...Thank You to all who thought of us at Christmas and sent gifts - Christmas is a very challenging time of year! - We give thanks and appreciate this very much! 2019 was quite a challenging year in many ways…....We enjoyed a short Christmas break...but we needed to continue with the construction of three new classrooms, We are grateful to the Lord for all those who have helped and prayed. We still just need to raise a little more finance to complete …. but we can see the finish line and when it is done we shall have 3 new classrooms. . At the moment the building work has stopped while we raise the rest of the finance. The new stairs need to be completed, put concrete flooring down in the classrooms. And plaster the outside walls. But we shall have to postpone putting doors in, ceramic tiles and Bathroom for a later date.
Once we have the new classrooms complete. We would like the school to be run in the mornings for Infants and Junior school and Crianças do Rei project in the afternoon. It will be much better to run this way.
The school started back again in January - although we have challenging days sometimes - the electric was cut off during a storm two sundays ago....the energy was off for 48 hrs.
Pictures
Since January 2018, (Two years ago) I commenced studying and searching for old evangelical religious pictures of a kind not often seen. Most Religious art is Roman Catholic in origin….But what surprised me there is a lot of old Evangelical works of art out there, it's just they are not so widely known or popularized.
The artwork below is from a book plate - “The Voyage of Human Life” - by John J Barber 1798 –1885 My interest began through the Victorian era Broad and Narrow Way print, which seems to be one most well known…..which opened a door of discovery, and finding a lot more evangelical works of art out there, but mostly unheard of to most people.. So I firmly believe the value of researching and studying this, they are extremely important for us to know where the Church has come from ….and these visual treasures show what the church believed. What is refreshing, is to see an evangelical worldview, unashamedly Biblical, boldly proclaiming the Gospel visually.. Maybe it's time to dust off these old timers and send them out again into the Harvest field? I am sure the Lord would have many divine appointments for those He wants to speak to about Eternity.
Equipping the Church for works of service
At the moment there are upwards of 20 or more available which can form a thought provoking exhibition, and literature with each picture. An excellent opportunity for churches and fellowships to have their own antique art exhibition as a way of outreach into their communities. Empty shops in town centres could easily be rented and made into exhibition space. If anyone knows of churches or fellowships interested please contact me for further information on how this can be arranged.
Prayer and Thanks!
We give thanks and praise God for the work on construction already completed for the 3 new classrooms. Please pray we might quickly raise the necessary finance to complete
Please keep praying for the Art Gallery and Art competition …….We are certain these two projects will make a very big difference… But we do need to find partners able to help.
Please pray the Lord will raise up more regular support. We know the School and Project Crianças do Rei needs a lot of help - or falls on our shoulders bearing the burden providing Christian Education in a very poor area.
Please pray for the structure of the school and project - We praise God for the amazing provision so far!
Please pray for YWAM - Educating for Life. We are still in the process of revision and correction and raising funds to complete the Curriculum translated into Portuguese.
Please pray for visiting the UK again, we recognize we do need to visit more often. And need to pray and plan for this.
With our best wishes for 2020 .
With our love
Peter, Josi and Dorothy
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Giving through Stewardship
An update - For those who kindly wish to support us in missions with YWAM Brazil. We are registered with give net - Stewardship Services in the UK. Monthly and one-off donations can be easily processed with Debit and Credit cards - please visit the link below to see our giving page. Give net has made some recent updates which should make this easier - for those who wish to remain anonymous, give net makes this provision. For people outside the UK who wish to give - the payment process allows International donors to opt out of UK Gift Aid system. Stewardship Services are a Christian organisation serving charities and missionaries from the UK.
For those who wish to pay through STEWARDSHIP We have an account at https://www.give.net/20089559 Before confirming any gift on give.net you will be asked whether you wish to remain anonymous. If you choose this option your personal details will be will not be made known. If you have any questions please ask for details
Donations may also be sent via Western Union which we are able to receive here.
Peter and Josi Millward, Rua Pintor J. Figueiredo No. 805. Praia Iparana. Caucaia, Ceara.
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