Welcome to the Pruitt family's mission work newsletter site, ongoing in Recife, Brazil.
In spite of all of our flaws, family get-togethers can be very rewarding. Especially when it’s the Family of God. The 27th annual Congresso (lectureship) was held in Recife last month. This event brings together brethren from congregations all across Northeast Brazil. It’s held in a different city each year but Recife has hosted it […]
Lagoa de Itaenga (Lake It-ta-en-ga) is a small, farming community an hour and a half northwest of Recife. If you were to drive through it, which you probably wouldn’t since it’s off the main highway and has no tourist attractions, you wouldn’t notice anything outstanding about it (I can’t even find the lake that gives […]
The “Bread Ministry” is one of the evangelistic/benevolence ministries of the church here that ministers to the people who live on the street. Every Sunday morning and Wednesday evening a meal is distributed in the city square and a worship service is held. The big annual give-away to the Bread Ministry people was held last […]
The church here had a real treat this week with the visit of veteran missionary and my good friend Tim Brumfield. Tim’s a New Mexican who has spent twelve years planting the church in the great city of Salvador, 500 miles south of Recife. For the last several years Tim has been teaching at the […]