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Big Bob and Pocos de Caldas
About 3 years ago, when we were living in Uberlandia, we had a group come up from Campinas. The Pastor of the church was part of that group. His name is Pastor Roque, or to some of us, Big Bob. When we first met Big Bob, we knew that he was our friend. He has a love for people. He wants people to know Jesus Christ. He has a love and a passion for planting churches. His story is very interesting and I want to share a little bit of it with you today. Big Bob was born in the city of Rio de Janeiro. After being called to be a missionary, finishing seminary and working on the field in Rio de Janeiro, the state mission board required that all state missionaries attend a Pioneer Evangelism conference. At the time, he had already started a church in the city of Quates, Rio de Janeiro. He had a small group, but it was not growing. So, he attended the conference with Wade Akins. Afterwards, he came home and put all the material on the shelf in his office. That material stayed there for about 1 year. One day, seeing that his church was not growing, he picked up the material and went over it again and began to put it into practice. He began to see his church grow and began to plant other churches. Big Bob would tell you that this changed his ministry. Today, he is spreading the message about planting churches and most of all leading people to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. From 1998 to 2003, Big Bob was a missionary in the state of Rio de Janeiro and from there he moved to Campinas. He and his family lived in Campinas from 2003 until the end of 2007 when he and his family moved to the state of Minas Gerais to a city called Pocos de Caldas. He and his family live about a hour and a half away from us. It is a beautiful city! It is a tourist city with a population of 150,000 people with only one Baptist Church and mission. What is really neat about this story is that Big Bob and my team leader (Ron Rogers) are great friends. They have done over 40 trainings together. Training other pastors to go out and plant churches and make disciples. Dario and Solange attended Big Bob’s church in Campinas, which played a part in their desire to become church planters as well. God has really formed some great friendships. Big Bob has taken the material of Pioneer Evangelism and used it to further the Kingdom of God. But, his success in doing so only comes through the help from God and the prayers of people like you! Big Bob is married to Velma who was born in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro. They have two children. A son named Bruno, and a daughter named Paola. Paola lives with Big Bob and Velma and works at a hotel in Pocos de Caldas. Her dream is to return to the USA one day. She speaks very good English. Please pray for this family as they work in their new city.
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