October Celebrations

Jean & Darrel

Dear Praying Friends,

October is always a special month of milestones. On the 11th, we completed 48 years of marriage; and on the 12th Darrel’s mother, Elizabeth Haworth, celebrated her 97th birthday!
In July we asked you to pray for our Iguape Pastor’s father who has since died with cancer. Praise the Lord that he accepted Christ before dying.

Our Dream for Uniao Baptist Church

Here in Juazeiro, we have started construction on our proposed building. In fact we have a video showing the initial phase and other aspects of church life at União Baptist Church. If you would like to see it, click below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf37KIWNJsk

You can also download it to show to others.

Our construction is a pay-as-you-go project. We build as God sends the money. If you would like to contribute send your offering to Baptist Mid-Missions, C.P. 308011, Cleveland, OH 44102-8011, and specify for construction.

Recently, the Lord has been teaching some of our ladies about anger.  One was scheduled for surgery… using the government health plan.  She went to the hospital very early in the morning, fasting.  All day long she waited… tired, thirsty, hungry.  In the evening the doctor cancelled all remaining surgeries.  He would do no more.  She angrily expressed her feelings before leaving the hospital.  Later, on the bus, she reflected, “I prayed for the Lord’s will to be done.  Now, I don’t want to accept it.  But really, who wants to be operated on by an exhausted surgeon?”

Thank you for your part!

Darrel and Jean Haworth

Happy to be Home

 
July 13, 2011

Dear Praying Friends,

Jean & Darrel

Well we are back in Brazil. Our trip was wonderful, so many nice people, but there is nothing like your own bed. We just about did not get back. When we got to the airport in Los Angeles, we had reservations but not e-tickets from Los Angeles to Miami. I finally had to call TAM, the Brazilian airline, and beg them not to leave us stranded in L.A. In Miami the same thing… no tickets from Manaus to Fortaleza. Through it all we remained calm knowing that the Lord was in control.

Once back home we found both churches in good condition. In Juazeiro, Union Baptist had increased in attendance. Usually the attendance goes down when we are away. The S.S. had been organized. Almost everybody was happy. At the beach in Iguape everything was normal except that Pastor Magno’s father is dying with cancer; and in true Brazilian fashion, he has not been told. Although Magno would like to tell him, the rest of the family says no. He does not know the Lord. Please pray for him. Pastor Magno is very concerned.

Violin Players

We just finished a week of Music Camp attended by musicians from all over the state.  Here are our six violinists and their teacher playing our donated cello.  The violins were donated also.  If you have an instrument to donate let us know.

Prof. Bezerra Playing Cello

Thank you for praying!

Darrel & Jean

Going Home

May 22, 2011

Dear Praying Friends,

Our Dream

Our stay here in the U.S.A. has been delightful. The Lord has given us many miles of safe travels. People have been excited to hear what the Lord is doing in Brazil. We have been treated royally.

Several have given offerings to start the building project for Union Baptist Church. If you would like to participate, it would be very helpful.

Kyle Joseph Haworth

Our newest grandson, Kyle Joseph Haworth was born December 12, 2010 to Jon and Lisa.

The date for us to return to Brazil is June 17, leaving from Los Angeles. These last days include visiting two more churches, seeing all five of our grandsons and their parents at the Outer Banks in North Carolina; and helping Darrel’s 96 year old mother get set up to live alone. Please pray with us about her well-being. News from Brazil has been encouraging and we are looking forward to going home.

Thank you for your prayers and offerings.

Darrel and Jean Haworth

Baptist Mid-Missions: P.O. Box 308011, Cleveland, OH 44130-8011

Change of Plans

Darrel and boys

 

Dear Praying Friends,                                   January 12, 2011
On December 21st we were all checked in at the airport, and in the Post Office mailing some last minute packages, with plenty of time.  The computer was very slow,  we lost track of time and missed our airplane.
The next space available was in the middle of January.  During this extra month in Brazil, we have finished some needed to be done construction projects, prepared our missionary presentation and feel that we are now ready to leave.
At União Baptist Church we baptized six and have had several more decisions for Christ.

These boys live in small houses like the ones in the picture below.  The only place to play is in the street; therefore, they love to play “futebol” on our front lawn. 
Darrel started charging – memorizing one verse each week.
 Then came a story and afterward an invitation to pray and accept Christ.  So far several have done this.  Please pray that someone from our church will take an interest and integrate these boys into the church program.
January 24, we plan to leave from Rio de Janeiro, for Los Angeles, and then drive on to Phoenix to visit Darrel’s mother.  In February we plan to fly to Durham, NC and spend March with our grandsons in North Carolina and Tennessee.
In April and May we want to visit churches in California.  If you would like to have us, please pick a date and write to us at:  darrelhaworth@gmail.com.
Thank you for praying!                                          
Darrel & Jean

Boys in Iguape

November 7, 2010

Dear Praying Friends,

Marcela & Tiago

Tiago and Marcela were both saved and became charter members in our youth group in Iguape.  They married and are currently university students.

Tiago was touched by my message on how I started a church as an English Club, asking myself what I had that my neighbors wanted. His interest was the young boys in our church.  When he asked himself what he had that they wanted, up came the answer. “Futebol”.  So he started with our churches’ five boys.  Bible study first… on Saturday morning.  Then to the beach to play Soccer!

One Sunday night I got up to preach and there were 20 boys in front of me.  I would have to alter my message.  So, I started out in story form.  Then I abandoned the message, continued the story and ended up praying the sinner’s prayer for salvation.  I invited anybody who wanted, to repeat after me.  When I asked who had sincerely prayed with me, there were 10 boys and one adult who had accepted Christ as Savior.

On our next trip to Iguape, we are going after the girls.  While the boys play “futebol” the girls will make Christmas cards with Jean and Marcela.

Uniao Baptist Church - Our Dream

Thank you for your offerings toward our União Church building.  Our next step is to draw up the plans.

Please pray that the city of Juazeiro do Norte will give us a property tax exemption on our church property.

Thank you for your part in this ministry.

Darrel and Jean

Baptist Mid-Missions, P.O. Box 308011, Cleveland, OH 44130-8011

Pauliana

Dear Praying Friends,                     
July was a month full of vacation activities.  Thirteen adults, children and young people received their certificates for 120 hours of Signing and Orientation for interpreting for the deaf.
The last week of vacation, Esperança (Hope) Baptist Church had a Gincana  (various types of competitions) for six nights:  7:00 – 10:30 p.m.  They divided into four teams – adults and children mixed – and had all kinds of Biblical, physical and mental competitions.  Darrel took our young people (União Baptist) and admired how Brazilians love to play!

Pauliana

We were advised that a 13 year old girl from our former Children’s Club had been diagnosed with cancer and had had a leg amputated.  Jean went to visit and Darrel promised to go later.  The weeks passed and finally Darrel decided the visit had to be now, today.  He sent our helper to make an appointment.  She came back saying that Pauliana had died during the night.
Was she saved?  Yes.  She accepted Christ in Children’s Club.  The Club had been discontinued for lack of workers as our little church (União Baptist) went through hard times.
The neighborhood is full of children.  They live in tiny houses from 8 – 12 feet wide and play in the street.  Gangs are active and there have been two murders within 3 blocks of the church this month.
Hundreds of children have heard of Christ’s love through our camps, clubs, and religion lessons in the public schools.  But, there are still thousands more to hear the gospel.  And what about their parents?  Please pray with us to meet this challenge.

Uniao Baptist Church - Our Dream

Our next need is adequate facilities.  We want to build this structure:  with  an auditorium- gymnasium above, class rooms and social hall below.  We have a plan but no money.  Please pray with us that God will supply this need.   If you would like to help, send your contribution to Baptist-Mid-Missions.  Write on a separate piece of paper:  for Darrel Haworth Construction.
Thank you for praying.

Baptist Mid-Missions, P.O. Box 308011, Cleveland, OH  44130-8011

“God’s Story” in the public schools

Jean and Darrel

July 9, 2010

Dear Praying Friends,

May and June were busy as we prepared to be gone for three months.  People prayed and gave gifts and offered air miles which didn’t work, while the travel prices got higher and higher.  Finally we decided that it was too expensive and postponed our trip to next March.

Our “God’s Story” project to teach religion in the Public schools is going very well. We have 700 children in three schools watching the video, singing the songs and memorizing the verses.  Pray that God will prepare their hearts to accept Christ.

Here in Juazeiro, we have just finished the Junina Festivals with lots of loud music, fireworks and bonfires filling the streets.  The people say that the fires represent the bonfire that Elizabeth lit to tell Mary that John was born.    However the historical version has the traditional Church attempting to turn a pagan festival, celebrating the summer solstice, into a Christian celebration.  So the Church chose June, the old summer solstice, to celebrate John’s birthday and six months later, December 25th, the old winter solstice, to celebrate Jesus’ birthday.

Monday evening Jean zigzagged her way between bonfires as she drove, picking up several ladies for their meeting at one of the homes near União Baptist Church.  The tiny living room was full.  Both door and window were open.  The meeting was punctuated with firecracker explosions.  Since they were in the middle of the festivities, the smoke got thick.  One lady began to have breathing problems so they turned the fan on her blowing the smoke back out into the street!  The women all said they had a great time.

What about the bonfires?  They go back to Nimrod and Moloch.  Back then children were thrown in the fire as a sacrifice.  Israel’s children were forbidden to pass through the fire.  Today it’s not common, but sometimes a child is thrown across the fire…all in jest with no idea of its horrible past significance. 

July 1st we started a signing class to train deaf workers.  They will receive a certificate for 120 hours of classes and practical work.  With this they can start a deaf program in their church and even become an interpreter in the public schools.

Thank you for praying!

Darrel and Jean

Pastor Magno in Iguape

Dear Praying Friends,

April was a month of blessings and achievements.
In Iguape on the beach Magno was installed as pastor and Darrel became his assistant.  It is great to see our church there growing to maturity.

We began our God’s Story Project for teaching the Bible in public schools with Missionary Francieuda as a full time teacher.  She has set up lessons/classes in three of the public schools around our Union Baptist Church and has been very well received.

Our Teacher’s College Project began its first class of 30 students in conjunction with another college.  This is not how we planned to start but is the way the Lord is leading.
Three people accepted the Lord at Union Baptist and we organized our Sunday School.  Finally we seem to be going forward.  Seminary student pastor Andre and Gisele are doing a good job.

Winnie

We would like to present to you Winnie de Sá.  She is 16 going on 17 and would like to spend the next school year attending high school in the USA.  Her mother is a director/teacher in a Christian day school in Fortaleza, and we need someone who could open their home at no charge.

We are having difficulty in finding air fare that we can afford for our projected trip to the States.  The prices are very high this year.  If you have air miles for us to use this would be very helpful.

Thank you for praying!  Please continue to remember all of us.

Darrel and Jean Haworth

Baptist Mid-Missions, P.O. Box 308011, Cleveland, OH  44130-8011

Baptism in Iguape

March 31, 2010
Dear Praying Friends,
We have just returned from a month-long-trip to Southern Brazil to celebrate 75 years of Baptist Mid-Missions in Brazil.  While in Rio de Janeiro, we worked on putting our Audio-Visual materials for sale on the Internet.  Jean spent a lot of time learning how and updating our web site:  www.haworthministries.net Take a look.

Darrel, Edinardo and Daniel

In Iguape, twelve-year-old Daniel was recently baptized.  His mother is a Macumba (Voodoo) medium and expects her children to help her do her spells.  Daniel refuses, choosing to follow Christ.  She does allow him to come to church.  He almost never misses a service and wants to bring his brothers and sisters.  Please pray for him.  He is in a very difficult situation.

Gisele and André

At União (Union Baptist Church in Juazeiro) André is our new co-pastor.  He is in his last year of Seminary and has recently married Gisele, a teacher in our Christian Day School (Recanto Esperança).  We have known her since she was a little girl.  Her parents came to our English Club in the early 90’s and accepted Christ.  Her father, Edson, is now pasturing a church in a neighboring city.

We plan to come to the USA in July for a family wedding and to attend our Mission’s Annual Conference in Cleveland where we will receive our 40-year service pins.  If anyone has air miles to give us it would sure help with our travel cost.  If you have miles you would like to donate, on any airline, write us immediately at:  darrelhaworth@gmail.com .

Thank you for your prayers,

Darrel and Jean Haworth

Baptist Mid-Missions:  P.O. Box 308011, Cleveland, OH  44130-8011

Haworth Happenings – Dona Josefa

February, 2010

Dear Praying Partner,

Rain is almost always a blessing here in the Northeast of Brazil.  The temperature goes down, the hillsides become green and a good harvest is hoped for.

Snack time

With the rains have come other blessings.  Our School,  Recanto Esperança, finally broke 100 as we enrolled 110 this year.  One parent who has her wall covered with saints told Jean that their first-grader is now praying before each meal; and came home telling them that it is necessary to work diligently in order to have souls to present to Jesus when He returns!  Jean was reading the Bible with his grandmother.  When she read John 3:16, he interrupted to say, “I know that verse!” and proceeded to quote it.

At União Baptist, we are in the process of calling a senior Bible College student to be Darrel’s assistant.  He will be in charge when we travel. 

Dona Josefa and Socorro

Dona Josefa, in her 80’s, always welcomed us to her home for a house service.  Her daughter, Socorro, made her decision for Christ, but Dona Josefa could never turn from Mary to trust only Jesus for salvation.  A short time ago she told us that she was now ready and prayed to accept Christ as her Savior.  Before this she was too frail to leave the house and go to church.  Now she comes, whether she feels good or not.

Please keep us in your prayers.  As you can see, God answers.

Darrel & Jean