Our theme for July 2016 winter camps for kids and teens will be, "On The Path To Victory". We are going to use this theme as the Olympics are to be held in Brazil this year in August. Not much to celebrate since Brazil just impeached its president and is dealing with the fact that it's budget for 2016 is over 50 Billion Dollars negative! The country has gone into a terrible recession and many have lost their jobs. Odd enough though we expect a good number of campers as families abandone expensive vacations and seek out more price friendly solutions.

We are planning on having two weeks of camps and also our one month Camp Leadership Training Program and our 5 day Adventure Sport Training Program. 

Please pray for all these programs, for God to send the kids and teens that need to hear the Gospel message, for those leaders taking our training programs and for our staff to have the strength they need.

A time you will never forget!

SHORT TERM MISSION TRIP TO BRAZIL

"Life is precarious, and life is precious. Don’t presume you will have it tomorrow, and don’t waste it today."
- John Piper

Hello!!!
How about coming to Brazil for two weeks or more to help us in our
busy month of July?

Our "winter" Camps in July 2016 for kids and teens will be;
11-16 and 18-22

We also have Church retreat rentals on weekends and the 1 month training program for Brazilian Camp leadership going on in July.

There is also the year around opportunity to help in the construction of the Couples and Family Camp.

It is a once in a life opportunity!

Any questions please write:

Alex Rose - Australia

 Holly Rimbey - USA

 Kari Rimbey - USA

Jenny Kallak - Norway

Dear friends and family,
  
Switching Missions… Yep, we have switched missions. We are still with Victoria Ministries serving as Executive Director, yet now have a different sending mission agency. We were with Pioneers Brazil and have now switched and joined United World Mission (UWM).  

Long story made short… All this started in August last year when the head of finances at Pioneers Mission Brazil contacted me and said that we were going to face new tax law problems in 2016. According to their accountant an extra 27% would have to be removed from the total of our support. Because of this the board of Pioneers Mission Brazil suggested I become member of a Mission in the USA, this way becoming exempt from this new tax law.   
So after praying about this, United World Mission (UWM) was our choice for three reasons: - My parents and brother are serving through United World Mission (UWM). 
- Victoria Ministries has a firm partnership with United World Mission(UWM). 
- United World Mission (UWM) has more than 350 missionaries serving in 45 nations.  

Last week Telma and I took part in the orientation meetings in Charlotte, NC, at the headquarters of United World Mission. We were accepted to serve as missionaries through UWM at Victoria Ministries.   



With that being said, there are some changes in the way support is sent in to us. No more support for us can be sent to Pioneers Mission, but instead to United World Mission with our names and account number attached (Marcos and Telma Pereira #31516). We have attached a form that explains how you can continue to send in your personal monthly support. 

We also have to raise our monthly support level by $300.00 to be fully funded. 

Would you consider joining our monthly support team? 

If you have any questions whatsoever about this switch, 

please be sure to contact us with them.

To participate Financially please fill in the commitment form on the link below

 Commitment Form Click Here

February Prayer Letter

Dear friends and family,

        

“…Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.” Psalm 81:10 NASB

         This past week I have been reading the biography of George Muller again. It never ceases to amaze me the courage this man of God had to face such huge obstacles with prayer. The verse above is one that is quoted as being an inspiration for him as he started off on the quest to build the first of many orphanages started by him. The question remains, “Are we opening our mouths wide to be fed by God or are we trying to feed ourselves with our own hands?” Too many times even in ministry, I have found myself trying to “feed myself and ministry” in my own strength. That only leads to eventual starvation. Only when we take steps of faith centered on what God desires for us, can we have the refreshing, nourishing, wonderful and fulfilling experience of being feed by His hand.

Our January Camps were very blessed. We had around 45 kids and teens each week. It was one of the rainiest Januaries we ever had here which made activities extra challenging to manage, yet God blessed us with new ideas and with nice weather at the right moments. We also had eleven Students for our five day Adventure Program Training and six students for our one month Camp Retreat Leadership Program.

The road for Campsite #2 is opened! What a big blessing and an exciting happening for us. First we bushwhacked through the brush to pen a trail then we were able to rent a bulldozer to do the initial clearing and then a scraper from the City Hall came to do the finishing. The new road is about 400 yards long. We wanted to be a little ahead on the construction but we had many weekend church retreats on the last months of 2015 which were wonderful. The next step is to begin construction of our first building and take electricity and water to this new facility.

During their summer vacation the boys did a lot of work around the house. I would like to say they offered their services voluntarily but a little persuasion was needed to get them going… They got a cemented area done for our picnic table and one to park the car. Telma did an awesome job keeping them busy. I told her that if she was in charge of building the pyramids, I bet we would have twice as many of them today! HAHAHA!

My father, who is in charge of the training department of Victoria Ministries and a big chunk of the financial and reservation departments had to do radiation treatment for prostate cancer for two months (November and December) in a town 4 hours away. He is all done with that and is now waiting to do further testing in two months to see how his PSA levels are doing.

 For February we will be having our Carnival Camp for a Church in Uberlandia. One hundred and twenty young people are expected to come.

Please pray for:

-the clearing of the first construction site of Camp #2.

-more staff.

-for my dad, that God may heal him.

-thanks for all the blessings during January Camps

 and training.

God bless you!

Your Friends,

Marcos, Telma and the boys!

Video of January Camps CLICK HERE

Work at camp continues.

Dear friends and family,

“I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.” John 4:38

Planting, watering or reaping. Those three words were what our winter camp season this year was all about. In the first week of camp we had about 50 kids from the town of Tres Ranchos come to camp. Many of these could not afford the fees and came through our scholarship program. It was a privilege to see many of them hearing the Gospel for the first time and the tremendous response when the call came to those who wanted to ask the Lord into their hearts. A single mother who is the attendant at the local bread store told one of our staff that her 9 year old son loved camp and came back a Christian. She went on to say that her son told her that her habit of drinking was wrong according to the Bible and that he did not want her to be disobeying the Bible. She also said that now the only music that was being played at her house was Christian music from a CD we gave campers! Praise the Lord!!!

On the second week of camp we had close to 70 campers, most of these from Christian homes. Most claimed to already have accepted the Lord as their savior yet many confessed to having doubts about the reality of the Bible and the secureness of their salvation. Telma and I talked to many of these, teaching them to resist the Devil as he tries to bring doubt and confusion into their minds and about how to grow as Christians. On the last day of camp during the last Bible study by the campfire, my Dad made a call to all who already had the Lord Jesus as their Savior yet wished to dedicate their lives to Christ and many stood up. Praise the Lord.

Our program this season was blessed by an AWANA set sent to us by supporters in Washington State. Also camp had an ice-cream machine donated. This was a big hit as it is a novelty here in Brazil. Thank you for all your prayers for this winter season of camp, your prayers MADE a difference! In the Middle of August the road starts to be opened to Camp #2! It is very exciting to see this new project taking off. In October our plan is to have the road complete and have the dedication ceremony along with the meeting of the Board of Directors.

In January our plan is to have the camps for ages 15-16 being held at the new location, even though it will still be sort of rustic. We hope to have the first building up by then.

We continue to raise the funds for the cabins which will cost $20,000 per cabin completely finished and furnished.

Please pray for
-the opening of the road to Camp #2.
-for all the staff that will be traveling (vacation).
-for all the Church retreats in the second semester.
-for the health of all of the staff. God bless you!

Your Friends, Marcos, Telma and the boys!

Well it has been a while since our last post. We are currently in the US visitng churches and friends that participate in the ministry in Brazil. We will be heading back in the end of February. Has been a very busy time with lots of traveling but God has given us strength.

Video of my parents here at Victoria Ministries

Watch a video we put together of my parents work here at 

Victoria Ministries.

Click here to watch!!!

Movie of 1 week at Camp Victoria

Click Here to watch movie of one week at Camp Victoria

July Winter Camps

We had 2 awesome weeks of camps with over 180 campers! The theme was, "On the champions team". Telma and I were in charge of the Bible studies for the teens and for making adjustments on the program. You can watch a video of the week by clicking here, 

VIDEO OF WEEK AT CAMP!!!

Small kids Bible Study.

Telma and I back from Campipng trip!

Mark 

Telma leading worship.

Me translating for Alex (our Australian short term missionary).

Two headed soccer.