Clenir dos Santos

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8,511,965 sq km.

Religion in Brazil
Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spriritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%,
unspecified 0.2%,
none 7.4%
(2000 census).

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Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French .

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Located Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil is the largest country in South America; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.

Clenir dos Santos: Rio de Janerio, Brazil

Clenir’s late husband Xavier was a Brazilian pastor leading ‘The Tijuca Memorial Baptist Church’ in Rio de Janeiro. He and Clenir came to speak at Rayners Lane while studying in this country and the church has taken an interest in their work ever since. In the past, RLBC has sent teams to Brazil to assist with various projects, whilst they have come to preach and share at our church, and a reciprocal relationship continues to exist.

Above: Filipe, Luana, Clenir, Izabella & Fabio

Following the loss of Xavier, - as Clenir puts it: “He was promoted to heaven in February 2008” Clenir decided to accept the church’s generous offer to live in the church’s flat with Filipe (19) and Luana (16) and there they have continued their ministry. Clenir is involved in counselling children at the church’s project called "Friends of God" (pictured below) helping around 40 children and their relatives from a shanty-town nearby (Morro da Formiga). Many of them have accepted Jesus and are being helped to grow in Christ.

Clenir is a house-group leader and a member of the pastoral care team at the church. Clenir has also been involved with Pavement Project for the last ten years. As the Global coordinator, Clenir oversees this unique Bible based counselling process being used with street children in Brazil, and child soldiers in Colombia. It is used to counsel HIV positive children in Africa and victims of abuse in India. It has built a community of workers, children, organizations, and churches all sharing the Bible’s words of hope, of possibility, and of change. Please pray for the 16,000 children who have been counselled and its ten years’ celebration. Pray also for the next decade of work.

It has been a great challenge for the family to learn to live without the humorous and joyful presence of Xavier but we thank God for keeping the family safe, together and faithful.

Filipe is a house-group leader; is one of those responsible for the sound system in church; and leads the worship either on electric guitar or drums. Filipe concluded his IT technical training and is in his second semester of IT studies at a public university.

Luana is a teen leader and also oneof the teens’ worship leaders, singing and playing the piano. Luana has begun to prepare for the public university exams, desiring to take on Law. Please pray for her to succeed.

The Tijuca Memorial Baptist Church has not been able to find a new pastor since Xavier passed away and is greatly missing leadership.

Fabio, the eldest son, got married toIzabella who accepted Jesus after being delivered out of spiritualism and has joined the church with her family. Fabio and Izabella have a new born baby called Davi Xavier and Izabella’s 8 year old son called Matheus.

Fabio has concluded his Gastronomy graduation and is working as a chef in a restaurant.

Please pray for:

Clenir as she continues in Christian ministry without her beloved husband alongside her.
Strength for the Dos Santos family during ongoing extremely difficult and trying times
Continued protection from the violence in Rio
The people of the “Friends of God” project to be drawn to Christ through Clenir & her colleagues, and discipled to maturity through their life, faith & teaching.
That God will continue to use Clenir and her children to bring people to the knowledge and love of Jesus Christ
Provision for financial needs at this time
A new pastor for the Tijuca Baptist Church in Rio de Janeiro
For the whole family to be built up and strengthened in the Lord in all their work & studies

Contact details: Email: clenir@attglobal.net

The estimated population for Brazil is over 186 million on July 2005.

The flag is green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue celestial globe with 27 white five-pointed stars (one for each state and the Federal District) arranged in the same pattern as the night sky over Brazil; the globe has a white equatorial band with the motto ORDEM E PROGRESSO (Order and Progress)

Brazilian Proverb

"Amor e fé nas obras se vê." Translation: "love and faith are seen in their works (effects)."

"Pelos frutos conhece-se a árvore."
Translation: By its fruits one knows the tree