Video: A quick look at WMF in Rio
6 May 2010
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Prayer Request
7 April 2009
Word Made Flesh
Please pray for WMF Brazil staff member Dandy, who has recently undergone a medical emergency and is recovering at home. Pray for her family as well. Pray for our young friend Bruce who needs surgery on his leg, that it might be a relatively quick process and that he will soon be healed. Ben Miller [...]
Story of the Tucum ring
25 March 2009
Word Made Flesh
Listen to the audio of Esdrianne Cohen and Rich Nichols sharing the story or read the story below as told by Ben Miller. Several years ago Lilia Marianno gave the WMF Brazil community simple black rings made from the fruit of a palm tree. With her gift, she shared a story. She told of a [...]
Projeto and certainty
25 March 2009
Word Made Flesh
From Jenna Pashley, January 2009. I’ve been with Projeto Vidinha since my Servant Team, which means I’ve been watching some of these children grow up for the past five years. Five years! Kids who stuttered their alphabets and stumbled over their chubby little feet are now witty spitfires, reading books on their own and doing [...]
Pedra de Gavea
25 March 2009
Word Made Flesh
From Ben Miller. For some, Carnaval is a time of letting go of all inhibitions – the chance to party, dance, dress up in costumes, indulge the id, and let loose. The parties, parades, blocos, and craziness dominate Rio for several days. For that reason, most people who don’t LOVE Carnaval get out of town [...]
Visual parables – grace
25 March 2009
Word Made Flesh
From Ben Miller, Sept. 10, 2008. A few weeks ago I took advantage of an afternoon off by visiting one of the free art exhibits at the Federal Justice Cultural Center. The featured artist, Sergio Chavez, uses cardboard, trash, and found objects as a medium to sculpt objects and scenes from the lives of the [...]
