Cockroaches, in the Coffee Carf

We were going to have visitors for the weekend, very special visitors! The Mini Coral from our Bible college in Curitiba (about 6 hours south of Sorocaba) was going to be presenting special music and testimonies at Faith Baptist of the Habiteto this last Sunday and we wanted to have everything just right for the couple that would be staying with us. Dawn took her special Carf (I think that's how it's spelled) out of the cupboard and gave it a good rinsing out. We hadn't used it since our return to Brazil in August.

Just before she set it on the table she gave it another glance and noticed a black speck near the spout. As she pressed down the button of the lid she nearly vomited as TEN (10!) cockroaches began squirming their way out of the opening! One was about as big as our dog (well that might be a slight exaggeration, but it WAS big!). She was SO thankful that she gave the carf a second look.

In the end we had a wonderful time with Anderson and Liliane. They went with us to our Ministry in the plaza with the kids on Sunday morning and were able to see two little girls make professions of faith! Later that same day three more (two girls and a teen boy) made professions of salvation too! It was a great day!

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