Dutch Ecuadorians from Latin America in Brazil

Yes, that title's a bit confusing, so let me explain!

Operation Mobilisation (OM) divides the world into Areas and Regions and Countries. Latin America is an Area, which consists of Regions (usually groups of countries), and then countries. As Brazil is big it is both a country and a region (and often called a 'field'), within the Latin America Area. Got it? 

Michael and Anneke at OM Brasil

Michael and Anneke are originally from Holland, but currently based in Ecuador. Rather than doing all their work specifically 'for OM Ecuador', they have a role across the Latin America Area. They have experience in communications and in development & planning, and they have brought these skills from Holland to Latin America, and now specifically to Brazil. In some ways their situation is similar to ours - bringing what we know from Northern Europe to South America. 

Over the last few days, they have been spending time at OM Brazil. Before I explain what they were doing with us, I'd just like to say THANK YOU! (in case they're reading our blog), and also to say how amazing it is that although the world is big to us, we are all God's children living together on one of the planets he created. To Him there is nothing odd about a Dutchman from Ecuador helping out an Englishman in Brazil, and it kind of made the world seem smaller.

Michael and Anneke spent time getting to know the team members and their roles and experiences, and learning about the ministries at OM Brazil. Since they have also done this in other Latin American countries, they were then able to help us with the preparation of our annual "Ministry Plans", and also to suggest additional ways in which we might work together or share ideas with other OM organisations in Latin America.

Some of the OM team after a coffee-break

Please pray:

• for a safe journey back to Ecuador for Michael & Anneke
• for wisdom amongst the OM Brazil team as we seek to apply what we learnt
• for a growing relationship between OM Brazil and the other Fields within  the Latin America area