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USA! USA!

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I don’t know of anyone who was watching the USA play Ghana yesterday. But this morning when I got to church Vitor greeted me with, “Ghana! Ghana!”

Mind you it was not because he loves Ghana but because he was RUBBING in the US loss in the World Cup play. Vitor is cute but can be very, very irritating. Smile with tongue out

He has been very faithful lately. He loves to hear English spoken and correct Portuguese misspoken. He is fairly new to the church and came because he was invited by a friend. He has a great memory and is very determined.

The above paragraphs were written before our evening service. We had the privilege of hearing pastor Sidney from New Life Baptist preach. Vitor was there. Pastor brought a clear Salvation message. We had at least one visitor who we had visited during the week and with whom I had shared the Gospel. As Sidney preached I though, “this is exactly what Rita needs!”

However, at the invitation no one moved. It was AFTER that that I was approached by Maicon’s little brother Felipe. “I want to accept Christ!” I shared with him and he prayed to ask Jesus to forgive him of his sins and to be his Savior.

As I talked with him about his decision Vitor came up to taunt me again about the USA loss. It was just then that I told him that Felipe had made a decision to accept Christ. He surprised me with the following, “I want to accept Jesus too!” After a short conversation with him he too prayed to accept Christ.

Two little boys, each is 11, who might take awhile to demonstrate the decisions that they made tonight but it was neat to see God working in these young lives. DSC09787

Another neat experience of the evening was when we went to Calvary Baptist Church. Pastor Alexandre preached an excellent message and there was a good number in church. The end of the service was special for us because a young couple dedicated their newborn to Christ. Angelica is Alexandre’s sister. She came to Christ while we were still working there. Lucas came to Christ in 2000. They both have been involved in the ministry there for several years. Angelica is a grad of our Bible college.

What was special for us was to be able to see this young couple dedicating their little one to Christ. It was very exciting. God is good. We needed these encouragements.

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