Pastor Bill and Pastor MP visited two separate favelas where Pastor Dirceu has ongoing outreach; Heliopolis and the City of God. They were able to feed the children physical fruit, as part of the weekly food Pastor Dirceu distributes. They were also overjoyed to see a harvest of spiritual fruit in the lives of the … Continue reading
The Lord has divinely connected our hearts with Pastor Dirceu and his beautiful church, Casa de Jesus. It was so good to be reunited with everyone, and we fully enjoyed their fellowship and hospitality. As the Gokees ministered at Casa de Jesus through song, anointed messages, and individual prayer, the glory of God was released … Continue reading
It was our first time to travel to the state of Bahia. We were 3 hours from the nearest airport, and on this day we were another 2 hours back into the mountains, on a very remote road. This was the home of our contact’s family. As night fell, the only building around was a … Continue reading
Pastor Mary Pat ministered in a church where she preached on the supernatural power of God in conjunction with His love, which results in a global heart. Many miracles of healing occurred here- how wonderful! Â A young adult blind in one eye was instantly healed, as was a women who was deaf in one ear. … Continue reading
The Gokees ministered in a church where the glory of God broke through in a new way. The spiritual climate over the congregation shifted from heaviness to open anticipation. Pastor Mary Pat preached about the Kingdom of God, and Holy Spirit poured out His supernatural presence. Pastor Bill and Troy returned to this church several … Continue reading
On Saturday, we took some time to invite people on both sides of the favella to our final church service on Sunday evening. During that time, we also invited several of the teenage girls from the discipleship group to go with us to Casa de Jesus’ Saturday night service at the main branch in the … Continue reading
Friday was a national holiday in Brazil, the Dia das Criancas, or “Day of the Children.” It is a big deal here, as schools are closed and most people get off of work. Pastor Dirceu and his wife Jeanine wanted to bless the children with a hot meal, so they and others from Casa de … Continue reading
On Thursday evening, we decided to do things a little differently. We all went over to the soup kitchen, in order to reach the people who live in the surrounding houses. We took our sound equipment, and the worship team set up in the soup kitchen and projected praise and worship over the community for … Continue reading
During our time in Brazil, some of the leadership of FMI had the opportunity to attend a business conference in Sao Paulo hosted by Abrades, an organization whose mission is to invest in business projects that bring financial return to the organization which can, in turn, be used to bless ministries and social projects in … Continue reading
On Wednesday morning, the team had a great time of worship and prayer together, then went out to minister to the people in the afternoon. We also spent some time prayer walking through the area around the church where we are staying. That evening, at 7:00PM, the doors were opened once again for the children. … Continue reading