Dear Friends and family,
“…and looking forward to what lies ahead…”
(Phil. 3:13c NLT)
We trust that you enjoyed a very blessed Christmas, just as we experienced here! We want to wish you a very Happy New Year and pray that you will experience God’s very best during 2025!!
Each new year should begin with expectation, i.e., “looking forward to what lies ahead!” Seeing church members equipped to explain the Gospel and to train others to explain it sparks memories of how the same process completely transformed our Christian experience many years ago! That same process continues to motivate us! For 2025, EE-Brazil has projected a total of 45 training events, 30 workshops and 15 training clinics. As shared earlier, 22 of those events already have dates on our calendar! Praise the Lord! Please pray for these events and our team as we work together with these churches. Pray, too, for Brazil, which is undergoing political, constitutional and economic crises.
Your continued financial support…investment in helping us to train and reach more people in 2025 remains of utmost importance, as this spiritual multiplication continues as our focus! Please take note of the following important details about 2024 year-end giving:
The donation system at Be One Together indicates that $4,607 has been received thus far this month for our support. “Thank You” to everyone who has already given! This means we are very close to 50% of the way to the goal of $10,000 that we communicated to you earlier this month. Our December goal includes funds for our family support in the first quarter of the new year when giving will slow somewhat. In order to see the goal met, we are praying that several others will be giving in the remaining days…hours before year’s end this coming Tuesday evening.
Remember: we will receive 100% of what you give, as no administrative fees are assessed by Be One Together.
Donate online up until 11:59 PM (EST), Tuesday, December 31st, by clicking on #Online Giving link below. Website donations that are completed/received at midnight and after must, by determination of the IRS, be counted in 2025.
Check donations mailed to Be One Together at the address below must be postmarked on or before 12/31/2024, also by determination of the IRS, to be counted in 2024 giving. In other words, the date of the postmark, not the date on the check, is what is used to determine a 2024 tax deductible gift. IMPORTANT: You may want to consider Tuesday mid-afternoon (12/31/24) as your deadline to mail a donation, as there could be longer lines at the post office as post office closing time approaches. Be especially aware/alert to pick-up times posted on the box at your post office, or other public place.
Secure online giving, using the #Online Giving link below, is available to help you more easily meet the 11:59 PM (EST), Tuesday, December 31st deadline by using a debit/credit card or bank draft. Still, if you prefer the mail, there are two days left (Mon. & Tues.) to mail a check with a 2024 postmark.
We are filled with gratitude for your faithful support of our family and ministry during 2024!
Blessings to you and yours in 2025,
Robert & Mary Jo Foster,
Missionaries with Be One Together, Serving Evangelism Explosion-Brazil
* Atualidades a Portuguese word that means news or up to date information. We want you to have the latest information in order to support us in prayer, as well as financially when the Lord leads/enables. Thank you!