Children and parents at the Festa da Colheita - Harvest Festival End of term party
JOCUM PRAIA
Peter and Josi’s Newsletter - July 2024
Dears Friends,
Greetings from Iparana, Brazil!
Summer months are passing by quickly, so I better catch up with all our news!
Photo above - Children singing for Mothers Day
Building Work - Doors
Making a Difference!
We started working on ground floor classrooms. Then I realized just how many doors we have! Many similar to those in the photo on the left. Since we had all new classrooms upstairs, I decided we had better replace the doors downstairs too. They definitely have seen better days, the weather hasn't been too kind to them, and so decided new Aluminium doors like in the photos below would be a better option. We have 9 new doors now fitted in the school and also some more to be fitted soon. We are very grateful to the Lord for making this possible. In the videos viewers will be able to see the differences taking place, 100% better than it was this time last year structurally. We give thanks to the Lord and for those who have made this amazing provision possible!.
I made a video to show the latest work at the link below
Also a Link to a video for more of
If you believe the Lord is asking you to help us in any way, volunteering, special project or financial. The end of the newsletter are further details for those interested to find out more information.
The children of Escola Crista Água Viva singing at this years Easter service at school
Criancas do Rei
Josi is running a project for the mothers Project for the Mangue - For mothers to raise finance to feed their children. The project for the mangrove community, for the Criancas do Rei children's families. The project. It is an intention for families to learn. Surviving. It is having your dependence on God to supply your life and the lives of your children in the smallest details. This project starts with a small investment in the sale of towels, each mother will sell towels and this towel will sell for an additional price, which will generate a greater value than the investment. This money will be used to buy food and will be the first step for us to have a store to sell food to the children in the project. This sale will require an investment so that there will always be rice, beans, pasta, sausage, mortadella, eggs. The basics, a cookie, a milk, basic things for families. And this money will be generated with the family itself. And part of it will also be a donation, which we will pursue. This little shop will be located inside the mangrove, managed by one of the girls who will do all the selling, receiving the money, buying food, all the administration. With this, with this project. The main objective is for families to leave welfare, both welfare for individuals and welfare in other places, so that they understand that God is the one who supplies all our needs. And whenever they look at the kilo of rice, the package of pasta, the egg, the beans, the milk, a cookie, they will understand what God is doing. Thrive. Because God is a God of providence and they put their faith in God and God is making this sale thrive. Josi
Escola Cristã Água Viva
Josi and her team at the end of term
The school broke up for the holidays at the end of June and will start again in August. Even though we are on holidays school staff still have to catch up with marking and all the things teachers have to do.
Another picture created with AI. I have had the ambition to do this, as it's such a fantastic story. James Calvert (1813-1892) was a zealous missionary to cannibals on the Fiji Islands. His faithful work bore fruit in the lives of those accustomed to taking the life of others. Years later, an English earl visited the Fiji Islands and was critical of a chief's conversion to Christianity:
"You're a great leader, but it's a pity you've been taken in by those foreign missionaries. No one believes the Bible anymore. People are tired of the threadbare story of Christ dying on a cross for the sins of mankind. They know better now. I'm sorry you've been so foolish as to accept their story."
The old chief responded with a gleam in his eyes,
"See that great rock over there? On it we smashed the heads of our victims. Notice the furnace next to it. In that oven we formerly roasted the bodies of our enemies. If it hadn't been for those good missionaries and the love of Jesus that changed us from cannibals into Christians, you'd never leave this place! You'd better thank the Lord for the Gospel; otherwise, we'd already be feasting on you. If it weren't for the Bible and its salvation message, you'd now be our supper!"
Those who take lightly the benefits of Christianity should reconsider the privileges they enjoy because of the transformation Christ has made in his believers.
*The story doesn't identify who the king was, but could well be Seru Epenisa Cakobau, a former cannibal, converted to Christianity by the missionary James Calvert and renounced cannibalism in 1854.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seru_Epenisa_Cakobau
Also another video made with AI - AI is advancing at an extraordinary pace, click on the picture below or the link here to hear a very life AI version of Gawin Kirkham speaking from a Lithograph about an article he wrote. The image of Gawin Kirkham was from a Lithograph portrait made over 130 years ago. The video based on an article written by Gawin Kirkham for the Railway Signal or Lights Along the Line about picture - The Broad and the Narrow Way in 1885 and updated from Gawin Kirkham's later publication - "History and Explanation of the picture "The Broad and The Narrow Way".
Prayer and thanks
We continue to give thanks and praise to God for the amazing provision which is helping us resolve so many structural problems for the school and needs we have. Please pray for continued safety for workmen and wisdom about which jobs need fixing first, also provision to complete all the areas and items needing to be repaired. We give thanks to all who have given so generously to help and so many answers to prayer.
Thankyou for praying for Teachers for the Nations online school, Josi has postponed this for now.
Praise the Lord for continued health, strength and safety.
Safety - Thank you for your prayers,
Please continue to pray for more volunteer staff and for evangelism. And Praise the Lord for answered prayers! We still need to pray very much for staff to join us as part of YWAM.
With our love - Peter, Josi and Dorothy
We are very grateful to the Lord for all of you who support us through prayer, finance or both. We pray for you all and give thanks for you! New supporters - For those wishing to support us regularly or with one off donations please contact me.
For those who would like to help financially please contact me
For those who would like to help financially please contact me.
Peter and Josi Millward, Rua Pintor J. Figueiredo No. 805. Praia Iparana. Caucaia, Ceara. CEP. 61.627-250. Brazil. https://www.facebook.com/escolacristaaguaviva *Email: jocumpraia@gmail.com *Please note the email address is the current one I use
