Tiradentes (rough translation, “Pull teeth”)

Tiradentes is a person and not an action. He is sort of like the Brazilian Patrick Henry. Yesterday was his holiday so we had a picnic. We had a total of 36 from the church plus some visitors from the neighborhood and the Nova Vida church.

It was a perfect day and we were able to share the Gospel with several family members that aren’t a part of our church. Several raised their hands at the invitation. Little Jaine (4) came and said, “I want to ask Jesus to be my Savior.” Pray with us as we teach her what that means over the next few weeks.

One of the fun games we played was frozen T-Shirt. We’d stuck two shirts in baking pans and the goal was to thaw them out and put them on. First done won! It was funny to watch.

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