First Teenager Helped by A&O Home Shares Testimony with Ubim Kids & Church
July 17, 2024
Dear brothers and sisters,
Time is flying so fast it’s hard to believe it is July already. We hope and pray that each church and all our friends who pray and support us are doing well. We are doing great and are being blessed by our Lord with His wisdom in our life.
We have gone back to helping one of the missions that was being taken care of by a group. The leader moved, but thank God, three of the ladies who helped with the teens and children are still helping! So, we go there to preach. They do a great job.
We were blessed this month with two visits. One was Debbie who used to go to the Alpha and Omega Home. She wanted to visit where we live and work now. She came with a friend and we had a great time. Also, the first teenager we helped when we started the home came with his family. He is now a lawyer and takes care of the music ministry in Garça. We have had a fantastic time. He gave his testimony at the church about how God changed his life from a drug kid to serving God. We were glad he gave his testimony because there are lots of drugs in the communities where we work. For those of you who help in this ministry, that is a blessing for you also.
Sunday for lunch, we had a get together with several people who had been to Alpha and Omega and some other friends. We had 30 here. What a wonderful, blessed time of fellowship.
Love in Christ,
Odali and Kathy Barros
Love in Christ,
Odali and Kathy Barros
Contact Info:
Odali & Kathy Barros
Iranduba, Amazonas
Brasil, SA
odali_kathy@hotmail.com
For ministry donations:
Pastor George Sledd, Treasurer of BFM
P.O. Box 471280 | Lake Monroe, FL 32747-1280
or click here to donate to BFM online.
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A Special Visit to Garça
November 21, 2022
Dear friends and family,
While in Brazil for the Seminary graduation we took a few days off just to go back to Garça to visit old friends, pastors, and churches there. This was where our ministry in Brazil started with Pastor Odali and Kathy Barros in the Alpha and Omega Children’s Home.
We spent time with Pastor Serjio and he took us to visit Pastor Epitacio in the old Orphanage property where he pastors the church Igreja Batista da Fe. During this visit we found out that Pr. Epitosio and Fatima will be going back to the northern region in January to start another mission. Then Pr. Serjio will assume the pulpit there. Pr. Serjio was the pastor in the Church where we held the Seminary in Garça and we discussed having our next seminary class for them there.
While in Garça, we met with some of the children who were in the orphanage from the time we were there. Luiz, one of the young men, now lives in the orphanage building and he is now a lawyer. He helps in the buildings and takes care of their legal business. Another young man, Edson, will be graduating in January as a veterinarian. He still lives in Garça where he goes to Veterinary school. How AWESOME is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. They call Barb and I mom and dad and we are very proud for them to have been afforded the opportunity to study and advance themselves. Some of you have helped in their educations as you have given to BFM and that was passed on to them.
The Seminary classes are now being planned for the year 2023. We are planning trips in January, March, July, and September. Some of those trips will be classes and others will be meeting new Pastors and churches where interest has been expressed for new classes.
We are planning our holidays a little different this year. We are living in Florida between trips to Brazil so we are bringing our two families to spend Christmas with us here. Our Brazil family is excited but sad because there is no SNOW. But the Kentucky Family is looking forward to coming to the warm weather in Florida. What is the saying? “You cannot please all the people all the time”? But Barbara and I will be pleased because this will be the first time in many years that we can spend the Christmas holiday together.
Speaking of the Holidays it would be remiss of me to not thank all our donors at Baptist Faith Missions for your support all year long. Your prayers and donations are what keep us going in Brazil.
There are no words big enough to show our gratitude so I will just use my favorite one – you are AWESOME!!!!
Continue praying for us and God’s ministry that He called us to do.
In His service,
Aj and Barbara
Edson, Barb, Luiz, & AJ 
AJ & Barbara 
Igreja Batista da Fé
CONTACT INFO
AJ & Barbara Hensley
30524 Mimi St
Sebring, FL 33870-0530
AJ: 859-539-2302 | Barbara: 859-539-1424
ajcaragua@gmail.com
For ministry donations:
Pastor George Sledd, Treasurer of BFM
P.O. Box 471280 | Lake Monroe, FL 32747-1280
or click here to donate to BFM online.
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