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St.
Luke’s Anglican Church
Recife, Brazil
On-site ministry
leaders John and Fabiana Schmidt
Becca and Gabi
Schmidt
Email:
johnandfabi@gmail.com
Blog:
tic-tacchronicles.blogspot.com
St. Luke’s ministry
leader Ron Winters Email:
ronw@stlukesakron.com
House of Hope liaison Marcia Winters Email:
ronwinters@adelphia.net
Ministries and projects
St. Luke’s supports in Recife, Brazil · Provides
oversight and prayer covering for the ministry ·
Disseminates information about the ministry · Helped
purchase land for the future site of a children’s
orphanage · Members of St. Luke’s make on-site visits to
Recife · St. Luke’s supports the House of Hope (Casa da
Esperança) day care center that houses 80 plus children
daily
Praise reports from
Recife · When we moved to Brazil, one of our long-term
goals was increased Brazilian support for projects at
Casa da Esperança. That support is becoming a reality.
We still need St. Luke’s, but the burden is not so great
anymore! It is so important to get the Brazilian
community to take care of their own. · Several recent
and large donations have enabled us to make some
permanent improvements to the house for the day care. We
added a couple of bathrooms and created a new infant’s
room downstairs, and we were able to cover all the walls
with ceramic tile! This is important because the kids
have a wonderful gift of destroying anything that isn’t
super hard! The walls will also stay drier during the
rainy season and that means less mold and asthma. · We
have found favor with the local government here. We have
placed the children first and local leaders are seeing
that and it has been opening doors for other things.
Prayer requests from
Recife · Financial support increases, but as we have
grown, so has our budget. And quite often, monies we
receive are earmarked for special projects. We need more
regular monthly support that can be used at our
discretion, whether it is to buy groceries, pay salaries
or pay bills. Not very glamorous but that is our need. ·
The health and safety of the children. The violence in
the favella is getting worse. Children are regularly
coming to the daycare with horror story soap operas
playing out at home. · The purchase of the land for the
House of Hope. · As the orphanage process goes forward,
please pray for us to receive wisdom and provision. We
want to go where the Lord leads.
Ministry opportunities
in Recife · Food ministry to the poor · Teaching and
care of the children at the day care center · Teaching
craft, sewing and cooking classes · Sponsorship of
children at the day care center · Participation in
evangelistic events in the community |
