Ronald & Rhonda

Rice

Robert


Account #2652378

Rua Alfredo Caldeira N.34
2670-693 Fanhões
Loures, Portugal

We are waiting on visa approval! Plane tickets are next! 

Praise the Lord!  Thank you for stopping by our website to stay updated with what the Rice Family is doing these days.  Please allow us to provide some background into our missions journey.  In 2014, we were approved as missionary associates to the Canary Islands.  By 2016 with our funds raised, we traveled to the islands and rented an apartment in El Fraile, Tenerife.  Our mission was to work with veteran missionaries, Mark and Kelly Baumgartner.  While there, we learned a little Spanish, helped in the Bible institute, and assisted in planting an international church in Adeje. Tenerife.  Having accomplished a portion of those things, we cut short our term due to family complications back in the United States.

 

With our family settled by early 2019, we felt the Lord leading us back into full-time missions.  We were approved as fully appointed missionaries to Portugal in October.  Our mission is to help plant LIFE Church - Lisbon International Fellowship Church in Lisbon, Portugal (https://www.lifechurchlisbon.com/).  We'll be working on a pastoral team alongside veteran missionaries Dan and Joy West.  We are excited about God opening the door for us in this part of Europe.  We will use our giftings in pastoral leadership, music, discipleship, teaching, hospitality, as well as others to reach the international community in Lisbon.  While the native language of Portugal is obviously Portuguese, a large percentage of the population speaks English.  Many immigrants and ex-pats from other parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa speak English and make Portugal their home.  We will be learning Portuguese to broaden our range of ministry among the nationals.

 

Billed as one of Europe's oldest city, Lisbon and the surrounding areas is home to almost 3 million people.  On the southern coast, it is the capital of Portugal.  While there are a number of notable cathedrals, the population is primarily secular.  Secular in this context simply means people living without God.  Our mission is to reach the international community of Lisbon with the Good News of the Gospel.  There are over two hundred thousand immigrants living in Lisbon.  This means our opportunities are without boundaries.

 

In December 2019 we began our journey toward this mission.  Watch our video: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyLX6wG8eS4&t=30s). Please help us by holding us up before the Throne of God.  We are in desperate need of God to open the door into people's lives to hear our mission, pray for us,  and partner with us financially.  We would also ask you to pray that the hearts of the people of Lisbon would be open to hearing the message of the Gospel.  Below is a button you can click telling us that you are and will be praying for us.  Also, there is an opportunity to see our latest and past newsletters.  Thank you for following us through our missions journey.

 

August 2023 marks 1 year and 3 months since we arrived in Portugal. We are seeing people's lives touched with the Power of God and answered prayer. LIFE Church is growing. Thank you for your prayers.



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