Sara spent 6 months in South Africa participating in a Missions Discipleship Training program. The program included an assessment of her relationship with God, rural outreach work with a local church in Lesotho, inner city outreach in Pretoria working with people experiencing homelessness and abuse, learning about other world faiths, a secret mobilization training week, and a GO Challenge trip to a township where her team worked with children. Sara felt blessed by her experiences and wants to return to Africa to continue her outreach work through the organization AIDS Hope. She provides contact information for people to partner with her through prayer, letters of support, or financial donations.

1. Sara Carvalho
http://omsouthafrica.org/aids-hope
It’s been over 5 months since I came back
from South Africa. What an incredible 6-month
journey! Let me give you a short summary of
everything that happened there, at Missions
Discipleship Training (MDT), South Africa:

2. Inside Out: A whole month assessing our
relationship with our Heavenly Father and
what is hindering us from getting closer to
Him. I realized I believed I deserved
salvation because of my good deeds but,
because of my bad deeds, God was always
punishing me – not fully grasping God’s love
and His amazing grace.

3. Some of the kids attending
our after-school program at
church in Lesotho
Rural Outreach: In rural Lesotho our small group
worked with a local church. We didn’t have anything
to offer other than our actions – to show people
around us that we loved them because Jesus loved
them first. And we testified transformation in people:
for instance, a teenager who was always looking for
a fight was now looking for Jesus and testifying at his
school what God had done with and for him, even
inviting us to prepare a program to share at his
school.

4. Inner City Outreach (ICO): Inner city Pretoria. Cheryl: 27 year-old prostitute; abused
by her boyfriend/pimp; abandoned by everybody. LOVED BY GOD.
José: 25 year-old homeless man; robbed of everything; abandoned by everybody;
often considering suicide. LOVED BY GOD.
They are just some of the many people that changed my life. I am blessed and I
want to be a blessing to others, by LOVING them.

6. World Faiths Outreach (WFO): Yes, Muslims and Hindus love God and mankind too.
And that’s what we learnt in Laudim, outside Pretoria. Let’s love them back and show
them the love of our Lord Jesus Christ in us!

7. Missions Mobilizing Training (MMT): The surprise week.
And this one will remain a secret. Let’s just say we had a
taste of what it means to serve God in persecution…& MMT

9. GO Challenge: Mobilize Africa to teach and motivate the African Christians to reach
out to their own community, to share God’s love in a culturally sensitive way. My small
team went to Soshanguve, a township north of Pretoria. We worked mostly with kids,
thirsty for God’s love and to learn more about our Savior Jesus Christ.

10. PLEASE PARTNER WITH ME
I’m going back to Africa!
PRAY – For me and AIDS Hope
MOTIVATE –Send me a letter
or an e-mail to sara.carvalho@om.org
GIVE – To OM Portugal for my support
IBAN: PT50 0035 0685 00005367630 19
Also send an e-mail to joao.rodrigues@om.org
(saying that you are donating
to my support)
Sara Carvalho
AIDS Hope
Postnet Suite #436
Private Bag X37
Lynnwood Ridge
0040 Pretoria
South Africa

11. OM PORTUGAL
Av. da Liberdade, 6 - 7º Esq
1050-191 Lisboa
info.pt@om.org
www.om.org
Tf. (+351) 213 303 794
IBAN: PT50 0035 0685 00005367630 19