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Fixing a Flat Flip-Flop

I'd never changed a flat on a flip-flop until Saturday. Usually when a floppy goes it's time to buy a new one; unless you don't have the money or your in a pinch!

At the special missions emphasis ministry opportunity for the kids of Habiteto one of the “Missions Team” kids from Calvary lost the tip of the front yoke of his flip-flop. I asked him what he was going to do about it he began looking for something to fix it. You can always find something on the ground here, usually something that you'd rather not touch. After a bit of looking he looked at me and said, “Can you fix it?” Then it was me looking for that “handy” object. I found a 2” staple and quickly twisted it around the broken yoke-tip and the flop was flippin again!

There were 97 kids at the club in the blistering sun for the ministry opp. The story that Alexandre and Sandro told was of the two thieves who died beside Jesus with each thief giving his side of the story and the resulting eternal consequence. As it often goes in kid's ministry there were a multitude of hands raised at the invitation.

On Sunday we had 39 with heat and threatening rain. Three boys and girls accepted Christ. Micom came and memorized several verses of John 10. He has already lead his sister Indianara to Christ (that is her with her medals and trophies pictured above)! He shared that he is reading his Bible every day and is praying that God will help him to realize his dreams, and that he will be able to get a job so that he can buy a pair of shoes.


Sunday at Hope saw our numbers again rising. We had nearly 70 for the third week in a row. Shawn and Donna were able to make a visit on Sue Ellen and her family on Tuesday night. She visited our Wednesday night service a couple of weeks ago. She has quite a few family members. They are transplants from the state of Maranhao in north Brazil. Donna said that during the Gospel presentation both she and Shawn knew that they were talking to people who had never heard the good news before. Seven of them were in the Service Sunday night! Shawn told me that he is starting a Bible study with them this Thursday night. Pray that God will do a mighty work in this family.

Dawn, Abby, and I will be leaving on Thursday to participate in the annual Bible College open house in Curitiba. We'll be taking several of our folks. Pray for safety and God's hand on the lives of several of our teens and adults.

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