Our first Summer Youth Camp of this year ended yesterday. I wanted to get some of the lessons I personally learned on “paper” so that I wouldn’t forget them. Maybe some of them will be useful to others. Recently a family of four, immigrants from Eastern Ukraine started attending our church. This was the […]
One Year Later…
Where does the time go? One year has already passed since we came back from the U.S.. Coming back meant a new focus and a new ministry. What has changed in the last 12 months? I have always felt deeply the immense need that Portugal has for faithful Gospel preaching churches. It is hard […]
Remodeling (Sunday Night Video Update 7-19-15)
Check out this week’s Sunday Night Video Update.
What’s Reach Portugal’s Ministry Philosophy?
We all need to know what we are trying to do and how we plan to get it done. Someone has said it better: “A vision without a plan is just a dream.” I had been pastoring a church in Southern Portugal for a little over 10 years, when we felt called to become church […]
June ’15 Prayer Letter – Mark and Aura Pereira
Dear Prayer Partners, June 2015 [Click here for PDF version PEREIRA 6-15] A few months ago we noticed a building for rent not far from where we have the church in the city of Castelo Branco. We were curious about the price, but mostly about the size, as we felt we needed some more classroom […]