Reverend Latham E. Wright and Maggie Belle, taken in 1949,
after 29 years of mission work in Brazil
The Wright Look
Three Generations of Mission in Brazil
by Anita Wright Torres
As granddaughter and daughter of Presbyterian missionaries, and the wife of a Presbyterian minister, I have a unique opportunity to share my perspective on three generations of missionary work in Brazil.
Mission Pioneers—The First Generation
My grandparents, the Wrights, came to Brazil in the early 1920s, at a time when mission work meant a pioneer lifestyle of evangelism and church organization on horseback.
Life was hard. The family of nine lost a baby girl to diarrhea, a tragedy that inspired my grandmother to take a train to the capital of the country to meet with the president’s wife. Grandmother urged her to invest in public health centers as a way to prevent and diminish infant mortality. Later, the family lost two sons, both drowned in the local river where they were enjoying a boat ride with other boys. My father, Jim Wright, was in the group, but survived.
How have the Wrights carried on the missionary tradition in Brazil, and how has that tradition evolved with the needs of the country? Hear the rest of the story in the March/April 2006 issue of Horizons!
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Anita Wright Torres, church worker and children’s art teacher, hosted the Global Exchange in Vitória and Rio de Janeiro. She will attend the 2006 Gathering as translator for Benedita da Silva. |
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