Carlos Martins: Billionaire Turned Humanitarian Missionary

After making a fortune from the English language schools he created in Brazil, Carlos Martins and his wife, Vania, turned their attention to serving the Lord and their family. In hopes of helping their son achieve his dream of serving a full-time mission, they served a humanitarian mission on the border of Venezuela. By the Martins’ count, they were able to help 20,000 refugees relocate. On this week’s episode, Martins discusses how the English schools came to be, and how he came to see that concern for his son was only a means to an end for the Lord. 

"If we allow the Lord to guide our path, and we give up our own plan, in order to believe His miracles, unpredictable miracles of multiplication, will happen in our everyday life."

https://deseretbook.com/p/176264?variant_id=200328-ebook

Carlos speaks at BYU- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nduEUAnTGQ

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ricardogeromel/2014/01/14/meet-the-wizard-who-became-a-billionaire-teaching-english-to-brazilians/?sh=d7127dd5c384

https://www.deseret.com/faith/2022/3/2/22956971/the-wizard-of-hope-carlos-martins-brazil-billionaires-refugee-crisis

3:04- A Wife’s Insistence

6:03- Back to Brazil

9:18- The Wizard School

14:07- Pass Along Cards

20:20- A Different Plan

29:18- The Love of Parents and the Reality of God

42:40- Calling in a Favor

47:34- Why Help Refugees? 

47:41- How To Help

48:13- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.