Welcome to the Pruitt family's mission work newsletter site, ongoing in Recife, Brazil.
It is with great joy that we announce the arrival of Theo Jordan Pruitt. Theo, which is a well-known name in Portuguese and English, derives from the Greek work for “God”. Jordan, name of the river, derives from the Hebrew word for “flowing or descending from”. And that’s how we named him: our blessing that […]
Mike and Peggy Palk (along with their three boys) served as missionaries in Recife from 1980 to 1985. Afterwards, they returned to their hometown of Cookeville, TN. For the last twenty years Mike has served as an elder at the Collegeside congregation there. They came back last month to visit the mission work they began […]
You may have read my last update on The Lar Maná (Mana Home). It is the church’s children shelter. This shelter is a home to many boys and girls that were removed from different situations that were endangering their lives in different ways. The Lar Mana cares for them in the best way possible. There […]
We’ve all heard how this proverb from Ecclesiastes (4:12b) applies to marriage. In a world where evil seems to reign, this divine institution is under constant attack. The future can seem bleak. But when God is added to the equation, all things are possible. He is Lord of the transformation. He makes all things new. […]