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Submitted by Beverly Nolte Bruna Farat, serving as a United Methodist Church missionary in Costa Rica, has just celebrated her commissioning as a missionary in June with leaders of Global Ministries. Her family, husband Nouhou and two-year-old daughter, Hadassa, moved to Costa Rica nine months ago from Brazil where she was born, grew up and served in various ministry roles.    Working with three small rural churches she has faced many challenges but is thanking God for each of the churches and ...

The Iowa Conference is excited to announce that Larry and Jane Kies will be visiting their supporting churches in Iowa from May 22 to September 11. An Iowan, Larry retired in 2020 and Jane will retire in September 2022. As agricultural and educational missionaries, the Kies have faithfully served at Africa University for 22 years, and other locations before that. (Churches in parenthesis are to be invited to event at named church. Other churches or individuals can make contact with host church ...

Bruna Farat Kakale sends the following update while serving three churches in Cost Rica. During the Lenten season, we had weekday and weekend activities. Every Wednesday and Thursday, we went to a church to hold a special service where we discussed the importance of following in the footsteps of the Lord, denying oneself, giving, forgiving, and understanding the sacrifice of Jesus for humanity. This time with the churches reminded me why God called us and why we are taking the gospel from one ...

The Iowa Conference is excited to announce that Larry and Jane Kies will be visiting their supporting churches in Iowa from May 22 to June 22. An Iowan, Larry retired in 2020 and Jane will retire in September 2022. As agricultural and educational missionaries, the Kies have faithfully served at Africa University for 21 years, and other locations before that. Global Ministries is not itinerating missionaries due to travel bans and COVID cautionary issues but has given permission for the Kies to...

Looking for a United Methodist missionary to support? Interested in helping a “new” missionary begin a mission career? Want to reach out and touch three small, rural Costa Rican churches as they restart worship and church activities? With the approval of Global Ministries, our Mission Education Committee offers United Methodist missionary Bruna Farát Kakalé, a young Brazilian woman with mission experience in Chile, Venezuela, and Niger. She has worked with indigenous people, supported local ...