Ruth & Izaias

 

 

Ruth and Izaias Daniel de Assis

Working with Latin Link (Brazil)

St Giles contact: Lois Clark

 

 

Ruth first went to Brazil in 1992 to work with street children. In 1997 she married Brazilian pastor Izaias and they set up Mission Ver ‘Life and Hope Restored’ in the city of Belo Horizonte. This serves a deprived area of the city by providing education for children who might otherwise be on the streets. The school facilities are also used for community projects.  Sponsorship is vital in enabling the school to meet expenses. The school is now run by Brazilian staff, caters for all school years and is well commended for the standard reached.  

 In January 2009, the family moved north to Ceara which is a less well developed area of Brazil. Here they first planted Proclamation Church –proclaiming Jesus in word and action- and more recently a second church in a village a few miles away. With outreach in the locality, cell groups and individual mentoring as fundamental to their programme both churches have grown steadily.  Leaders are being trained towards taking full responsibility when the time is right for Izaias and Ruth to move on. There are 2 additional churches under their umbrella, one that meets at the school in Belo Horizonte, the other in the city of Fortaleza, founded by a former member of the church in Carire.  To raise funds and meet local needs, they now run a small business making inexpensive eco bricks for house building.

They have one son, who married in January 2023.

 

First published on: 14th February 2023
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