Tuesday, November 27, 2018






Thanksgiving 2018


Calvary Brazil Conference Center and Bible School
Conference Center
 We are in our busy retreat season. 
We have been having retreats every weekend and we will continue that way until mid-December. Recently we have hosted a couple of churches that had never done retreats with us before. It has been a blessing to make new relationships and serve these churches. We had a retreat of 130 people last week and we will have a retreat of 280 people next week. It is exciting to finish the year strong.
  




Vida E Verdade Bible School students at CC Rio


Bible School
 We have finished class for 2018. Our students went on their end of the year mission trip Rio. There they served Calvary Rio and helped transition the church to their new building. The Bible school students also had the opportunity to work in the “City of God” slum, one of the biggest slums in the world. They ministered to the children and to the prostitutes in the area. It is exciting to see the students use their gifts to bless the body of Christ and be Jesus to people in a lost world. 
Student graduation 
Mission trip

  
Students mission trip to Rio .

Bringing home books and clothes for the kids. 



Family

Dani and her mini (Bella)
  •  While a full retreat schedule is keeping us very busy, it is nice to have the Bible School year over so that we can spend some time focusing on a few other things.  
  • We are trying to take advantage of this time to plan for next year, to have some family time, and to do some projects around the house and property. 
  •  Dani and I were also able to take a one week trip to  Florida a couple of weeks ago. We were able to get all of our kids homeschool books for the year and see some of our family and friends. It was the first time in our 14 years of marriage that we have been able to travel just the two of us so we were very excited! While in Florida we were also very blessed by our church and many friends with clothes for our kids. As many of you know clothes and other children items are very expensive in Brazil. Raising our large family on the missions field is expensive so the blessing of all the kids clothes was HUGE! Thank you to all of you who helped!!   
A walk after eating way too much ice cream

Florida visit

A quick trip to Florida
The Cate family with one of our graduating students and her daughter.
Sending out one of our school staff to CC Londrina



Prayer Requests:
  • That the Lord would bring the right students for next year
  • Unity for the work here
  • Nehemiah's adoption, we still have no news.
  • Pray for our family during the holiday season. Brazil has been home for a long time, but holidays can still be a little tough.
  • Dani’s and Jeremiah’s health, they have both been doing better but they still have difficult days.
  • Rio
  • Wisdom and vision for the conference center
Upcoming Retreats December

Hosting retreats is a lot of work and responsibilities for us and our staff. Please remember to pray for us on these dates. 

- 11/30-12/2) DFEPAR Women’s retreat

- 12/15-16) Presbyterian leadership retreat


Thank you so much for taking the time to pray for and remember our family and the work that the Lord is doing in Brazil. God bless! 
"Declare His glory among the nations,
His wonders among all peoples." (1 Chronicles 16:24)

Friday, October 12, 2018

September 2018 update.




      Dear Friends,

 Thank you for your love and support for our family and the ministry in Brazil. The following is our September update. God bless!  

Conference Center 
 As you can see in our retreat schedule we are starting our busy season for retreats. Starting this weekend we will have 9 weekends in a row with retreats taking us to the middle of December. It is exciting to be able to serve so many of the churches around our area! Please keep all these retreats in your prayers. 
The Conference Center and Bible School
Growing up on Campus.



 Bible School
 The student only have one month of class left for this year. When classes end they will be taking a missions trip to Calvary Chapel Rio. There the students will have the opportunity to serve the street kids in the City of God, as well as serving the church practically as the church moves buildings. We are praying that the students finish the school year well, and that they will be used by God to bless the church and the people of Rio de Janeiro!  

Our "Vida e Verdade" Bible School students
Escola da Biblia Vida e Verdade.














Calvary Brazil
Our students with Pastor Bill
 Through the bible school we have had the blessing of having many Calvary Brasil  pastors here with us frequently to teach at the school. This past month we have had Pastor Bill from Belem, Pastor Lelo from Rio Preto, Pastor Kalvin from Londrina, and Pastor Celso from Sao Vicente. It is a great blessing to receive from these guys, and to be able to encourage them and grow closer in our relationships. The Calvary Chapel churches are very spread out in Brazil, so bringing the pastors here to the school allows them to have a time away to be refreshed and encouraged and also to bless our students.



Our students with Pastor Lelo









Some cute Cate kids






Family
 The family is doing good! The kids are growing and maturing daily. Bella (3) and Melody (5) are at a really fun stage and keep us all laughing most of the day. Doug (7), Ezekiel (9), and Jeremiah (10) are rough house, tough and tumble boys who love to go on "adventures" on the property every day. They give us lots of laughs, gray hairs, and keep our dirty laundry pile high! Our older girls Lilly (10), Grace (11), and Hope (12) are becoming little ladies. The girls love their dance class that they attend twice a week at Caminho Melhor (Better Way). Josiah (14) is so smart and loves books and learning. He has already read all the english books that we have in our home and had to move on to some of Nathan's bible commentaries.   

"Caminho Melhor" Dance Class
 Nathan and I will be taking a quick trip to Florida next week. While in Florida we will be attending a missions conference, and also picking up our kids school books for the year. Please be praying for this trip. This is the first time Nathan and I have ever traveled alone so it is a big deal! Please be praying for safe travels, and for the kids to be safe and have a fun week with our friends who will be looking after them. 



        Prayer Requests:
      - Nehemiah’s adoption: we still haven’t received any news.
      -Conference center: plans for 2019 and to finish 2018 well.
      -Students:To finish this school year well, and for the mission tip to Rio in November. 
      -Family: Strength and Courage to continue to serve the Lord well in every part of our lives.




Retreat Schedule: Please Pray for us on these dates! 

October 

-1st Baptist Maringá 10/12-14
-2nd Independent Presbyterian Women’s Retreat 10/19-21
- Calvary kids 10/27


November

 -  Araruna Baptist couples 11/2-4
 Aba Retreat (200 people) 11/11-12
 Presbyterian Renovada Retreat 11/16-18 
  Calvary Campo women’s Retreat 11/24-25

December 

- Baptist convention women’s Retreat 12/1-2
- Presbyterian Retreat  12/8-9

January:
- Int da Graça de Deus Church Retreat  
February 
- Carnaval 

Saturday, October 6, 2018

Catching up with the Cates 2018.

Wow! Times flies! Just in case you have not been keeping up with us on other forms of social media we wanted to take a minute to let you know some of what the Lord has been doing in both our family and ministry here in Brazil.

Move - In 2015 We felt the Lord calling us to move from the island of Floripa to Campo Mourao Brazil. Leaving our friends that had become family was by far one the most difficult things we have ever had to do. We cried many tears when we said our goodbyes but we knew that the decision to move was from the Lord.


Bible School - Since moving to Campo we have started and poured our hearts into a bible school called "Life and Truth Bible School" or "Escola da Biblia Vida e Verdade" . Our desire is that as the students are taught the Word of God verse by verse chapter by chapter they will grow in their knowledge of the Word and their love for Jesus. We have seen our students grow in mighty ways and many of them have been sent out into full time ministry. We pray that like arrows our students will fly farther than we could ever go and really reach all of Brazil for Jesus.

Conference Center - For the past couple of years Nate has been managing and directing operations of the Calvary Chapel Brazil Conference Center. At the Conference Center we receive many different churches from around Brazil and provide them with a place of rest and refreshment. Our goal is that after the churches spend time at the Conference Center they will be able to return to their cities ready to do all the work the Lord has set before them.


Family - Our family has experienced some major highest of highs and lowest of lows over the past three and a half years. The Lord has been faithful to carry us through all the difficult times and we are growing in Him daily. The kids are getting big fast! Josiah is now 14 (gulp!), Hope is 12, Grace is 11, the twins (Lilliana and Jeremiah) are now 10, Ezekiel is 9, Isaiah is 7, Melody Joy is 5 and our newest sweet little Bella Victoria (Beautiful Victory) is 3 years old.
 The kids have loved living on campus for the past three and a half years. The students and staff have become like family and we spend most of our meals and days together. Our kids also enjoy the country lifestyle that our move has blessed us with. We sometimes hear little complaints of missing the island life that we lived for so long but overall they really do love playing in the red clay dirt of Parana. 

 Thank you for taking the time to remember and pray for us! We love you friends!


If you would like to look for us on Instagram and Facebook you can find us at "Escola da Biblia Vida e Verdade" , "Nate_Cate", and " Dani Cate" if you would like to send us an e-mail please do at nateandani@hotmail.com