The start of our journey (1st Letter)

Dear Friends,

On your screen is the effect of a big life change. We have never written a letter like this before… Ali and I are starting a major new venture in our lives and hope you will allow us to share our plans and our passion with you.

In this past year the elders of the church in Itu, Brazil (Ali’s home town), have asked us to come help develop their ministries. This church of about 250 members is the result of an overwhelming response to the gospel. The leaders have not been able to keep up with tending to the growth of the body. Ali and I will be stepping into very active roles of discipleship, teaching, and training.

We are presently transitioning the leadership of our church youth group into the hands of another couple, and we hope funding will be in place for us to move to Brazil this summer. Our financial support will mainly come from individual sponsors who identify with our mission. In coming weeks we will be meeting with churches and groups of individuals to share about the ministries that we will be undertaking in a setting that will allow you to dialog with us. After we have had time to share our vision with you, we will then be asking for partnership in our ministry. We will not be able to do what is being asked of us without your help.

Next week you should receive a schedule for some of these initial gatherings. We would love for you to join us in one of these informal sessions and learn more about our vision. We hope to develop a support team of individuals who, once familiar with our mission, would desire an ongoing partnership with our work through prayer, long and short term finances, and mission trips.

The schedule will be preliminary. We are interested in holding these meetings with many families. If you are interested in hosting a gathering in your home, please let us know. We look forward to traveling to meet with some of you as well.

In the following weeks you will be receiving letters with further information regarding our plans. We hope that you will keep us in mind and in your prayers as we initiate our fundraising process. The letters we are going to send out will detail topics such as the church in Itu, our ministries and our transition.

This work is our passion, and we are excited to be sharing our passion with you. Thank you and God bless.

In Him,

Mark & Ali Kaiser