{"id":8452,"date":"2016-10-17T20:20:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T01:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=8452"},"modified":"2016-10-15T19:13:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T00:13:18","slug":"the-next-step-meet-matheus-da-silva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2016\/the-next-step-meet-matheus-da-silva.html","title":{"rendered":"The Next Step: Meet Matheus Da Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"

After our recent update – Church Planting: The Next Step<\/a><\/i> (make sure you read that) we’ve been posting the testimonies of the interns that we’ll be working with. Last week Rebecca shared her testimony<\/a>. Today, we’ll get to know Matheus Da Silva:<\/p>\n

\"Matheus\"My name is Matheus Da Silva. I’m a 21 year old Portuguese-brazilian, Bible institute student in Mexico who was saved at the age of 5 in a Sunday school lesson where I learned that I was a sinner and that I deserved hell. A missionary told me that Jesus had died for me so that I could get access to God’s forgiveness and it was then when I made a decision to trust Jesus as the way to a better and eternal life.<\/p>\n

I grew up in a christian home but it was only till I was 13 years old that I realized that I could be useful to the church and I started serving in with the children’s ministry, youth group, teaching and worship (In Portugal).<\/p>\n

My life wasn’t perfect (it’s not perfect by now by the way!) and I came to the conclusion that my worldly ambitions weren’t God’s will for me and I was diverging from it. My goal is to live a life of peace with God and as long as I fulfill His will for me, I’ll be glad!<\/p>\n

\"Matheus
Matheus with the kids in Las Palmas<\/figcaption><\/figure>That’s why I’m studying in Word of Life Mexico<\/a> and wiling to do ministry in the church planting area. God has moved lots strings for me to be able to meet the Fry family<\/a> and the work of the Lord that they are involved with in Ixtapaluca, and he has put in my heart the strong desire to help them out as I can knowing that it doesn’t depend on me or another person to do it but knowing that I’m just a tool only useful if God’s is the one using me (Isaiah 10:15)!<\/font><\/p>\n

If you want to help Matheus and the rest of our team, you can give directly to our community centre. Just go here to give in US$<\/a>, or here to give in CA$<\/a>. Be sure to specify Project #063576<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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