Welcome to the Pruitt family's mission work newsletter site, ongoing in Recife, Brazil.
Filled with joy and expectation, 280 Christian women convened for the 31st annual ladies’ seminar. Each year, the four-day workshop is organized by a different congregation in a new city. This year’s host was the city of Triunfo, Pernambuco. Triunfo, a green oasis amidst the arid Sertão region of Northeast Brazil, is a six-hour drive […]
The situation of the Venezuelans in Brazil is still precarious. They started a migration to Brazil a few years ago when the situation of their country started to deteriorate under the dictatorship of Maduro. They fled their country to avoid dying of hunger. So far, 300,000 Venezuelans have migrated to Brazil. It is a sad […]
One of the Venezuelan refugees living here called me asking for our help. He said that his brother (Lindolfo) and family were stuck in the Northern state of Maranhão (a 36-hour bus ride). They were in desperate need and desired to move to be with his family here in Recife. Here he could join his […]
When they leave their country, they migrate south into Brazil’s northernmost cities and towns. From there, they travel south to Brazil’s Northeast region, where Recife is. Some continue even further south. Over 250,000 Venezuelans are now living as refugees in Brazil. Getting ready to take donations to the refugee families. We got to know some […]