Alexandre Silva Vaz – Forwarded Message

Here is a short message and newsletter from our Calvary Chapel in Rio de Janeiro
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From: “ALEXANDRE SILVA VAZ”
alexandreforjesus@hotmail.com
Date: September 16, 2006 12:16:37 PM EDT
Re: Calvary Chapel Rio de Janeiro newsletter. Carta da Capela do Calvario do Rio

Hey everyone!
Here is the recent newsletter for the church in Rio.

God bless you!

Alexandre

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Dear valued friends of Calvary Chapel Rio de Janeiro,
Well, it has been one month since the outreach group left and we have completely returned to our normal service to the Lord. We feel that we’re in a season of sowing, but we know that in due season we shall reap, if we do not lese heart. Galatians 6:9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
It’s interesting that we never know through what means God is going to use us to reach people. Last month durring evangelism with the Newport Beach team we talked to a guy near the shopping mall. He was interested in what kind of music we were going to play and we had the opportunity to evangelize him. He is the kind of guy who believes that all ways lead to God and thinks that it’s really egoistical to believe that Jesus is the only way. Well, we invited him to the church and told him about the church events and he ended up telling his wife about the english classes at the church, who recently started coming. Here name is Angélica. We are able to share about the Lord through the english classes, and we believe that the Lord may reach her husband through her.
We started a home fellowship on Friday nights in Alessandra’s appartment (one of the girls from the church). She invited one of her friends named Iris multiple times. Iris is Catholic and is someone who would normally never want to set foot in a Christian church. Finally Iris came to the home fellowship and really liked it. Next she started coming to the
English classses in the church. Pray for Iris and Angélica, that they would wholly give their lives to the Lord.

God bless you richly!
Sincerely,
Calvary Chapel Rio de Janeiro

Praises:
· Praise God for bringing people to the english classes and the home fellowship!
· Praise God that in the right time we will reap the fruit of our labor.
Prayer Requests:
· Pray for the church documentation that needs to be updated and is being processed, as well as Russell’s visa to return to Brazil
· Pray for people to be reached and grow through the home fellowship
· Pray for the English classes
· Pray for our worship ministry, to be organized the way the Lord would have it
· Pray for provision for us to get air condicioning for the church as summer arrives
· Pray about the future slum ministry and God’s direction for that
If you would like be a part of the financial support for Calvary Chapel Rio de Janeiro money can be sent to:
Calvary Chapel Corvallis
P.O. Box 965 Corvallis, OR 97339
(make the check out to Calvary Chapel of Corvallis

Andy Falleur – Forwarded Message

From: “Andy Falleur” andy@calvaryottawa.ca
Date: September 10, 2006 5:48:13 PM EDT
Subject: answered prayer!
Reply-To: andy@calvaryottawa.ca>

Hey guys,

Thanks so much for your prayers. We had a phenomenal weekend. The
testimonies were full of impact, the times of worship were sweet, the
teaching was rich, the afterglow was smokin’. 

Everyone was touched by the time. The only complaint was that it was too
short! Some guys had tears in their eyes at the end of the conference as
they were telling me how God had worked in their lives.

In the afterglow, several guys stood to receive the baptism of the Holy
Spirit. One young man that we still don’t know how he found out about the
conference, was so moved by that experience. He’s reported a praise and
worship service going on in his head since Friday night. His wife was so
touched to see him come back from the weekend. It seems that the Lord really
worked in his heart. 

So many wonderful things happened. It would take a long time to tell you
about them all. What a blessing to be in the middle of what the Lord is
doing. 

Thanks so much for your prayers. I have no doubt that the outcome would have
been far different without your prayers. Thanks for taking the time to
intercede. May the Lord richly bless you!

Andy

Andy Falleur
Calvary Fellowship
andy@calvaryottawa.ca
www.calvaryottawa.ca
(613) 769-3576

Pray for Church Planting Team in Palestine

As you may recall, last May/June, CCK sent a team to Israel/Palestine. One of our duties was working alongside a church planting team. We went on visitations to rural villages and shared our faith to the degree that God allowed. Below is a report and prayer request from that team. Please take time to consider the price others have to pay for their faith and hold them up in prayer.
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On Friday, August 11, some of our team were in a city in the southern West Bank, speaking about the meaning of baptism to a new convert. Around the time of Muslim prayer we heard an explosion and found our ministry vehicle in flames. Someone had thrown a Molotov cocktail or other explosive through the rear passenger window, breaking the glass and setting the interior ablaze. We tried putting the fire out using a fire extinguisher, but after this failed all we could do was watch the vehicle burn until the city fire truck finally arrived and put out the fire. Everything that could burn, burned. We knew this was nothing less than an attack from the evil one.

The new believer we met with that day was taken in custody by the police force and questioned about who he had brought into the city. Later they went into his house and found his Bible. They began beating him, breaking his nose, and accusing him of changing his religion. Later that afternoon he was released, but people in his city still have a close watch on him.

This month, the 18th of September, this believer has to go to court over having changed his religion. This is no coincidence that the vehicle got burned in the same city where this new believer is from. We strongly believe that God will use this man to bring many people from the southern West Bank to the Lord. So we as a CP Team decided to pray and fast, one person each day until after this court case is finished. We have confidence that during court, it will be as Jesus spoke to His disciples, “ When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speaks, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.” We adjure you to come alongside this new believer in this very trying time, and join this spiritual battle with us. If the LORD leads you to fast for a time for this situation, pray that God will be glorified in this, and that even those in charge of the court hearing will be cut to the heart and receive Jesus as Lord.

Also please pray for Isaac (another believer) and his family. They are in the midst of a very difficult month. Isaac’s brother was taken prisoner by the Army (he’s in court for possible release at the time this letter is being written). Also an intentional shooting last week as well killed Isaac’s cousin. Join us in prayer for the comfort of the Spirit and the salvation of all Isaac’s family.

Please pray for our CP Team’s protection and for good health.

Blessings
Phil for the CP TEAM

Andy Falleur – Calvary Fellowship, Ottawa

This is a message from Andy Falleur, pastor of Calvary Fellowship Ottawa, and a good friend.

Hi all,

We are doing great. Gen is healthy, happy, enjoying the remainder of summer. Isabelle and Olivia are growing like weeds, we are trying to enjoy every moment with them, as we are watching them change and mature before our eyes.

My dad is here with us, it’s always nice to have Grandpa around to play with and talk to. What a blessing.

This weekend, we are having our 2nd annual Men’s Conference here in Ottawa (see link below). Would you consider taking a few moments to pray for us each day from today through Sunday?
As of this moment there are 50 guys signed up to go. About 10 of them are from Montreal and the Calvary Chapel there pastored by Sebastien Frappier. 5 of them are from Perth and the Bible Study that was started by Pastor Dan Schilke. Another 15 or so are from the Ottawa area and attend other churches, or no church at all. Our speaker is Chris McCarrick from Cornerstone Calvary Chapel in Howell, NJ. Our food is provided by Tim Hewitt and Darrell Troup from Calvary Chapel Pasco, in Florida.

As you might have gathered, this thing has gotten gloriously out of control. It took a life of it’s own about a month ago, and it has become obvious to me that the Lord is drawing people to this event. Please pray.
Pray for a spirit of fellowship. (that the guys would be friendly,get to know each other, and love would flow, encouragement and prayer).
Pray for powerful times of worship. (God inhabits the praises of his people, so many of these guys are desperate for a touch from God.)
Pray for effective sessions. (that the messages would have a touch of the prophetic, speaking directly into lives, making relevant application).
Pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit (that we would have a spirit of humility, drop our denominational jockeying, pride, pecking order, and desire to drink deeply of the Holy Spirit. We have an afterglow planned after the Friday night session.)

Thanks you for your support and prayers in the past. As my friend Brett always says: ‘Prayer is the work’. May God richly bless you.

Andy

Andy Falleur
Calvary Fellowship
andy@calvaryottawa.ca
www.calvaryottawa.ca
613) 769-3576
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