Project Description
WES PALLA FAMILY
SERVING IN BRAZIL SINCE 2014
ABOUT
| Wes | Birthday 11/24 | |
| Cynthia | Birthday 05/16 | |
| Wes & Cynthia | Wedding Anniversary 09/01 | |
| Mia | Birthday 11/22 | |
| Mahaela | Birthday 05/15 | |
| Mariella | Birthday 06/23 | |
| Michael | Birthday 10/17 |
Wes and Cynthia Palla are missionaries serving in São Paulo, Brazil. They have been married for nine years and have three daughters: Mia, Mahaela, and Mariella.
Upon graduating from Bible college, they spent two years working with Missionary Kevin Wynne in Mexico City. They worked in various ministries there and also helped to plant churches in South America. After their time in Mexico, they returned to the States to raise support for Brazil. Upon completion of deputation, they moved to São Paulo, Brazil, in the spring of 2014.
During the last two years, they have helped to plant churches in several South
American countries, learned Portuguese, and made yearly trips into the Amazon Basin to evangelize unreached people groups. In the summer of 2016, they founded the Maranatha Baptist Church of Guarulhos, Brazil. Their prayer is to see God build His church there in Guarulhos and to see it become a pattern church involved in starting scores of other churches across the city of São Paulo and the nation of Brazil.
Their long-term goal is to see the people and churches of Brazil grow beyond being missionary “receivers” and become missionary “senders.”
Ministry Goals Moving Forward
Locally:
- Soul winning and discipleship
- The growth and grounding of Maranatha Baptist Church, Guarulhos, Brazil
- Eventual Bible institute to provide doctrinal and practical training
Nationally:
- Send out pastors, preachers, and teachers
- Continue Amazon outreach, using medical/dental clinics to get the Gospel into tribal areas
- Strengthen the churches in the Amazon Basin
Internationally:
- Send out missionaries to other Portuguese-speaking countries (19)
- Continue to assist in planting churches across our continent (12 churches to date)
First Baptist Church of Hammond
fbchammond.com
507 State St.
Hammond, IN 46320
(219) 932-0711
CONTACT
| 55(11)3428-2597 | |
| (219)334-5148 | |
| 75 Foxfire Lane Charleston, WV 25312 |
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| Rua Praia de Itamaracá Qd. B8, Lt. 18 Vilas do Atlântico, Lauro de Freitas BA 42708-360 |
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| wesleypalla@fbmi.org |
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Wes and Cynthia Palla Prayer Letter: New and Fertile Soil
Time has flown since we last gave an update. What in the world happened? I blame some sort of space-time vortex! In reality, we have been rather busy in the work. I look forward to sharing some encouraging news.
At the end of April, we came out of yet another lockdown in our state/city here. We weren’t sure what to expect in regards to attendance; and, sure enough, two months with no in-person services seemed to have done away with a few of our families. Regardless of this, we have pressed on. We have maintained our soul-winning schedule, and we completed discipleship with another group of new believers at the end of May.
As June started, we began knocking doors in a new area, and we saw several salvation decisions day after day! At one house, I introduced myself and my soul-winning partner to the lady (Monica) at the door right as her husband Luiz was coming up to the house. I began to share the Gospel with them, and after about 20 minutes, they both said that they wanted to trust Christ as their Saviour. Just a few doors away, another team was sharing the Gospel with a young lady, who also bowed her head and trusted Christ. Amen!
For the last two weeks, we have been gearing up for our first Family Conference, which is going on this week. We have had heavy rain all week long, but we have been full to overflowing every night of service. God has brought visitors every night, and people have been at the altar every service. It is a great comfort to see God work and do the impossible. We look forward to sharing details about the full conference in our next letter.
We would appreciate your prayers with us for the following needs:
1) Grounding and growth of new converts
2) Involvement of new church members
3) Lasting fruit from the conference
4) A church van
May God continue to bless you all as you serve Him on your “field” for the furtherance of the Gospel. We love you and thank the Lord for your partnership in this ministry of reaching the northeast region of Brazil.
Declaring His glory,
Wesley Palla
Psalm 96:3
RECENT
Wes Palla Prayer Letter: Moving Forward
It has been so nice to get back to in-person services since the most recent lockdown ended. We are coming up on a month since we have been able to sta [...]
Wes Palla Prayer Letter: We Are Limited; God Is Not!
There are times when the growth of a church shows through clearly via external measurables. Other times, we pray that good growth is taking place, but [...]
Wes Palla Prayer Letter: Season of Growth
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