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Masters of the future and guardians of the past (English language with Portuguese subtitles)

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Japan – a land that embraces the ancient and modern, makes bridges between traditional art and the fashion world, admires the discipline and culture of the geisha and participates in the fascinating world of technology and …

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January 19, 2014 Prayer Update

Praises:

– Underground Church has committed to partner with us financially!

– We paid off Johnna’s educational loans from 1999 and 2006!

– Project Japan was published in La Gaceta, December 27, 2014 issue.

– A chaplain we contacted realized …

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year / Feliz Natal e Feliz Ano Novo 2013-2014

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We wish you all a Happy New Year!

We posted this video on Facebook on Dec. 25th to wish all of our friends and family a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May God be …

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La Gaceta – interview

Last month we were interviewed by Manuela Ball-Camurdan, one of the writers and editors of the newspaper, La Gaceta.  In 2012, La Gaceta turned 90 years, making it the oldest family-owned, minority-owned and minority-targeted newspaper in the United States according …

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Short Version – Journey to Japan

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We are glad to let you know that our short version video of Journey to Japan is available in Portuguese and English. This is a five minute version. (You may also still access our ten minute

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Sophia is growing…

Sophia is growing2What a joy and blessing to see Sophia growing every day…

Her smile is contagious.

Her face is an invitation to stop everything and see life from a different perspective.

Her sleep is sweet and makes us think how life …

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First Prayer Update

Dear Friends and Family –

About a month ago, we began to announce our aspirations to go to Japan with the Evangelical Covenant Church late next year to serve the Portuguese, Latino and international communities there.  We asked for people …

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The Latest Update on Japan

We officially launched our website and news of our Journey to Japan about 3 weeks ago.  Since then, we have contacted about 500 people.

Yesterday, we spoke with Andrea Johnson, one of the long-term missionaries in Japan.  She is helping …

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Fasten your seat belts…

Welcome to our website!

After months of working on this project, we would like to officially launch our Project in Japan website.

Please take a moment to check out our video on the home page to find out why we …

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Alaska and Seattle

DSC03849Fábio, Sophia and I were in Alaska…  not just for vacation, but we also had the chance to explore some of the Covenant ministries up there.  We went to First Covenant on Sunday and saw Max Lopez-Cepero and Helen Cepero.  …

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