As many of you know, we have a program in place called the GAP which trains young Brazilians and Americans in church planting and missions.
This is a full time program which is having success. However, it has always been our plan to expand the GAP to a more in depth training program. It will train men and women preparing them with Bible and theological training necessary to provide a stable base as a pastor of a church. We strongly feel that this time has come.
Last month we had a tremendous meeting with some of my church planting team from Salinas and Aracajú. They both agreed to implement a Bible School which is an expansion of the GAP not only geographically but also in terms of depth of training. These schools will offer night courses to men and women desiring to be prepared to even greater service for the Lord. Our prayer is that many of those trained will end up being the pastors of the churches we plant in the Project 153 in the most needy areas of Brazil. Our Bible School will be an extension of Vision University in California, and our program initially will be a fully accredited Bachelors of Theology of Missions, recognized in over 26 countries.
Because we are working through local churches much of the cost of these schools is already covered within the infrastructure of the local churches. However, we still need $4,500 per location (Rio, Salinas (MG) and Aracajú (SE)) to cover a small remodeling project, the purchase of a video projector, computers and classroom furniture. We are also going to incur an additional monthly cost in the administration of these three campuses. We are praying about hiring a full time administrator. His cost will be approximately $1,500 per month. I would like you to please consider and pray about what your involvement in this project could be. If we could get three of our partners to invest $4,500 this month and 15 new partners giving $100 per month we would have everything we need. The Lord has always supplied all our needs and we continue to be full of faith that these needs will also be provided. Thank you for your generosity.
