No it is not what you might expect. Annie's baby didn't arrive early, that delivery is not until July. Yesterday, Carlinhos and I took our Juniors class to Carapicuíba (try saying that one with a mouthful!) to deliver the Bible that we bought two weeks ago. We were able to participate in their Junior High youth group which was fun for our kids. And when we presented the Bible, Lucio told us that just a couple of weeks ago both his and his wife's Bibles had been stolen! We were all amazed to see God's timing in our missionary gift presentation. Sorry that there are no pictures of the event but I gave the camera to Dawn to take to Curitiba so that she could take pictures of Annie's baby shower. More on that later.
Residing in Michigan for over half my life, I had heard about Paradise. Because Paradise is a small town in the Upper Peninsula, you may have never visited there in your life, but you knew it existed. It was WAY up there next to Tahquamenon Falls and nothing else. Where's Tahquamenon Falls? Next to Paradise and nothing else. It's a long way from home. Why all of the talk about Paradise? Because Paul talks about it in 2 Corinthians 12. There was this guy who had been caught up to Paradise. Not in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but into the REAL Paradise. While there, he'd heard things that he was unable to repeat. What on earth was this? Who was this guy? Here's what was going on. Paul defended his position of Apostleship in chapter eleven and gave the Corinthians an idea of what Apostleship looked like in chapter twelve. It came with great wonders, like seeing or instead hearing unimaginable things. But, too, that position came with a terrible cost. God gave Paul a &q
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