SAMS Missionaries Dr. Rusty and The Rev. Tammy Firestone have served in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for nearly two decades....
A Bolivian church is the “Salt and Light” of Christ across their city
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SAMS-USA Ministry In
South America
Interested in Ministry to South America?
SAMS-USA missionaries partner with Anglican/Episcopal churches in this region to grow the Kingdom of God. We hope you will be encouraged or inspired by these stories and reports from current and former missionaries in the field. We also encourage you to consider becoming a sender to this part of the world.
Are you sensing a call to South America? We'd love to have a conversation with you.
Be a Neighbor, Get a Neighbor
As Cameron and Roberto Vivanco serve in ministry in Ecuador, they have found that people return kindness for kindness....
2020 and beyond
When in Peru last November I never dreamed that the world would change so much as it has since Covid 19 impacted us. In November I handed on much of my ministry to Fr. Jeremy Shelton, assistant priest at St. … Continue reading → …
Celebration Story # 2: Encouraging Local Community Involvement in Mission
This is the second story in our 10-Year Celebration series of our missionary activities in Brazil. The featured photo is of then Pastor, now Diocesan Bishop, Marcio Meira and his wife, now a Pastor, Linda receiving Plarn Rugs for the families of their Compassion Ministry in Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil. These large colorful plarn rugs were stuffed into our suitcases and brought to Brazil. The plarn rugs were distributed to various churches and used as floor coverings in classrooms for children’s story time during Christian Education classes, and in individual homes in neighborhoods where churches had outreach ministries. Many of these homes had a combination of dirt and rough concrete floors.
Story # 1 – Celebrating Ron & Debby’s 10-Year Brazil Anniversary
This is the first in a series of stories from the mission field in Brazil in celebration of our 10-year Anniversary. Debby McKeon takes on the challenge of presenting the Gospel of Jesus Christ to children by crossing cultural and language barriers during our first few mission trips to Brazil as SAMS Associate Missionaries. Training Christian Sunday School teachers was the first priority. As one seminar participant said, “I was delightfully amazed how the story I told with simply made manipulatives held captive the hearts and the imaginations of the children for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
A Change of Events In Chile
by Gus Calvo, SAMS Short-term team leader to Chile “Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or...
Celebrating Ron & Debby McKeon’s 10-Years of Ministry in Brazil
This summer marks our 10th anniversary of saying, “Yes Lord, send me” and the beginning of our relationship with the people in Brazil as SAMS missionaries. Read more in our July 2018 Newsletter.
Working at Casa da Esperança: Recife, Brazil!
I have been here in Recife for 2.5 weeks already and I'm LOVING it! I am grateful that Brazilians are so...
Messy Church – Bolivian Style
We'd like you to get to know Messy Church - Bolivian Style. La Trinidad goes to our neighborhood park and...
News and Prayer Update from Russ and Heidi Smith
Russ and Heidi Smith work in the Araucanía region of Chile to help build up the Church in this area, and as of March...
Leaving for Recife in 5 Weeks!
April 18, 2018 Five weeks from now, I will fly out of Chicago O’Hare Airport and enter into the two month missions...
Ron & Debby’s Christmas 2017 Greetings from Brazil
Ron & Debby McKeon take a look at what God has accomplished and is doing now through their presence in Brazil as ambassadors for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.