I wanted to talk a little about the Renato and Jacob’s Well ministries.
Renato Cassula is the President of Jacob’s Well, Brazil. Renato was born and raised in Brazil. He worked in electrical engineering with Honda and Coca-Cola in Brazil. He further held various management and leadership positions in both Brazil and in the United States. In 1998, he followed a job opportunity to Denver, and left his home country to establish a future and home in the United States. He married Michelle in 2004 and they both launched their passion for ministry by loving and serving the poor. Between 2006–2012, Renato led and served on several teams into the Amazon jungle for community development and church planting projects. Currently, Renato and Michelle and their three sons are full-time missionaries in Fortaleza, Brazil. He is the founder and pastor of the church Communidade Crista A Fonte in Fortaleza. This faith community provides the necessary relationship-building and oversight for the Jacob’s Well projects in the drought region.
I had the pleasure to meet and work with Renato and Michelle during my visit to Fortaleza and Pentecoste Brazil this April. They have a true heart for God and the people of this region. God has been blessing their ministry greatly. The government has given them an old hotel complex and warehouse for free for twenty years to use for their ministry. They plan on turning this complex into a base of operations as well as a residence for visiting missionaries in the region. The government also agreed to fund and drill the wells in the communities they plan on supporting with their ministry.