A 10:2 Prayer Trip is an annual trip to the mission fields where EFM has committed to sending missionaries. Teams are asked to pray for the soil (Matthew 13:1-23) and pray for the workers (Luke 10:2). Teams are sent or guided by sponsoring regions/yearly meetings of the new EFM fields that have been leading exploration. 10:2 Prayer Trips will target appropriate communities for prayer walking and interceding that “the Kingdom come, and God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven” in those places.

Dear Friends,

We’re excited to share a report from the recent Prayer Trip to the Sertão Region of Northeast Brazil. The following is a report written by team member Philip Burgi.

Who Was on This Trip & Where Did We Travel? A team of nine, representing six churches and three Yearly Meetings, traveled from the USA beginning July 14-24, 2025.

The group included: Jacob Stooke, Calen Brudos-Nockles, Ryan Barber, Phil Burgi, Christy Neifert, and Frank Penna from Rocky Mountain YM. Shawn Wilson and Sherry Schoening from Indiana YM. And, Jan Cammack from Northwest YM.

Stop 1 – Carpina (near Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil) Our potential partner, World Renewal Brazil’s ministry, is centered here. The group was hosted by Tele Moraes and spent a day visiting and praying with the staff at the International School and over the ABBA Youth Camp near Carpina.

Stop 2 – Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil We were hosted by Pastor Flavio Travassos. We prayed for:

• the Cigano (Gypsy) community and a future church site near the Christian leader Bozzano’s home
• Pastor Flavio and his family
• their children’s ministry located north of Sousa

Stop 3 – Mirandiba, Pernambuco, Brazil We prayed and ministered over three days, meeting with local pastor Joel Candido and participating in the first Missions Conference held in the Sertão, organized by Joel.

We also had wonderful prayer opportunities during these days. Our team split into smaller groups and prayed as we walked the streets of Mirandiba and nearby communities. We experienced a number of “divine appointments” – praying in homes, open fields, and on the streets.

Return Journey – Caruaru, Pernambuco On the way back to Carpina, we stopped in Caruaru to visit with Pastor Cesario, who, with his wife and son, is starting a new work supported by World Renewal Brazil.

We prayed with Pastor Cesario for:

• the community
• their new kids’ ministry (already reaching about 40 students)
• more workers to come alongside them

A Trip Highlight

There were so many spiritual highlights. However, the group’s sense of unity over the “call” to the Sertão seemed the most significant. The physical and spiritual needs are so evident, the people are so welcoming, and the few Christians we encountered in ministry are also praying for workers in this needy field.

Although a difficult place to live and minister, we affirm the sense of those on previous trips that the Mirandiba area of the Sertão would be an excellent place to center an Evangelical Friends Mission ministry in Brazil.

We also felt the area around Caruaru, on the edge of the Sertão, had possibilities as a ministry center. It is much closer to ministry resources near Carpina, as well as more adaptable for families with children.

Thank you for your prayers and support. We believe God is stirring hearts for the people of the Sertão, and we invite you to continue praying with us for His work in Northeast Brazil. We look forward to sharing more news as it becomes available about what we are finding and discerning in EFM’s Luke 10 Initiative.

To learn more about how you can join these trips or if you are interested in exploring missionary service, visit here.

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Trip Update #1: March 15, 2023

We are so grateful for your prayers on our behalf. We sense our Lord’s presence as we visit many of the church plants and ministries of a potential partner in World Renewal – Northeast Brazil.  Their ministry center is in Carpina,  Brazil a short distance from Recife. We leave tomorrow on a journey 500 kilometers west of the coastal city of Recife to an area possibly less than 5% evangelized.

We will have better insight into discerning future EFM missionary field possibilities once we visit the “Sertao” region over the next several days.

We thank God for safe travels, good health and a real sense of His presence in our travels to-date. Here are a few photos:

Visiting a  “living stones” outreach ministry with World Renewal staff	Church plant leaders in the city of Cumaru
Visiting the International School of Carpina with Tele Moraes	Dan Cammack speaking to students attending Feira Nova Comunity Church
Praying over some of the believers at Cajueirco Claro church

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The tenth Luke 10 Exploration Trip destination is departing on Saturday, March 11!

EFM has been planning ten Luke 10 Exploration Trips to ten different country/people group destinations as EFM discerns where new mission fields will be launched as part of EFM’s Five-Year Goal! Eight of the first Luke 10 Trips were completed in 2022 and the remaining two will be completed in 2023. EFM gathered for a Luke 10 Think Tank on November 2 in Wichita and heard reports on what each team has seen for EFM’s CAN GO Criteria. They also took time to discern next steps, including further Luke 10 Exploration Trips to promising sites in 2023. See more information here.

Rocky Mountain Yearly Meeting (RMYM) is leading this trip to discern if Northeast Brazil could be a location for a new mission field! The team will be in Brazil from March 11-21. The team members include: team leader Patrick Neifert (RMYM), Phil Burgi (RMYM), Cassi Coleman (RMYM), Frank Penna (World Renewal), and Dan Cammack (EFM Field Director).

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