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		<title>Faith, Fire, and the Forgotten</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Chapter 1: Into the Darkness with Divine Direction At three o&#8217;clock in the morning on March 7, 2025, Pastor Clenildo&#8217;s boat cut through the mist-covered waters of the Xingu River. They were headed into uncharted territory—places where no one had ever preached the Gospel before. The chill wind reminded him of childhood fishing trips with [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>When the Field Feels Hard: A Word of Hope from the Harvest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 18:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[After thirty years serving in Northern Brazil, I’ve seen what a “ripe field” looks like: people hungry for truth, villages asking for churches, open doors, and open hearts. We’ve helped plant nearly a hundred churches, including many remote ones, in that region, some in places where the gospel only recently arrived for the first time. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Portugal Trip Summary &#038; Key Takeaways</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 14:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[March 18 &#8211; April 2, 2025 I. Purpose: II. Key Encounters &#38; Observations III. Vision Emerging IV. Key Themes &#38; Takeaways V. Next Steps]]></description>
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		<title>Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It&#8217;s on the Wrong Side of Power, by David E. Fitch</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2025 12:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Summary by Rick Bergen. May 15, 2025 Power shapes our world. It can be used to build up or to tear down, to serve or to control. In Reckoning with Power, David E. Fitch challenges how the church has understood power, often experienced as something other than reflecting the servant leadership of Christ. He calls [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving for Brazil</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 23:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[We spoke at four well-attended Brazil interest meetings and are leaving feeling that our support team is engaged and praying for us. Roxy holds Ellis at one of the Brazil Interest meetings. Roxy is the great person at Xtreme Mercy Canada (XMC) who handles all the donations! If you contact XMC with a donation, Roxy [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Good Gold</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Watch a two-minute video to explore the idea of the &#8220;good gold&#8221; outside the Garden of Eden.Genesis 2 describes how the River of God flowed out of the Garden to the chaos land.And in those rivers, good gold, rare perfume, and onyx stones exist.&#8221;The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there&#8221; (NIV, Ge 2:12).Outside of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of the Beginning of the Mirante Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[🌟 🎶 Experience the Heartbeat of Northern Brazil 🎶 🌟 Picture yourself in a small, vibrant community in Northern Brazil. Feel the excitement of forró music, with its irresistible rhythm that makes your heart race and your feet move. This week, I poured my passion into writing a ballad. With the help of technology, I brought this song to life, [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[🌟 🎶 Experience the Heartbeat of Northern Brazil 🎶 🌟 Picture yourself in a small, vibrant community in Northern Brazil. Feel the excitement of forró music, with its irresistible rhythm that makes your heart race and your feet move. This week, I poured my passion into writing a ballad. With the help of technology, I brought this song to life, [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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