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Never a Dull Moment

This week we had the privilege of having two missions teams at Faith. A team from Friendship Baptist Church in Raleigh North Carolina is here working on Victory Baptist Church. An Olympic type youth activity with this team attracted kids from all of the Sorocaba churches. Dani and Jacque both won medals in the competition.

The Friendship team came to minister on Sunday morning. The group includes 33 teens, kids and adults. It is the largest team we have seen here in our 15 and a half years of ministry here.

It was great for our people to hear testimonies and see talents used for God by common people. Question time after the service yielded some interesting answers. The time was a blessing.

On Sunday evening we had three young ladies from our Bible College in Curitiba with us. Each gave testimony of God's leading in their lives and their desire to serve Him. They had come to visit our church to get an idea what God was doing in Habiteto. It was an encouragement for our people to hear Brazilians giving testimony of God's guidance. After the service we took the girls to a local restaurant with several members of our church.

We are gearing up for our second Music Conference which will take place this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Again we will have visitors at home.

We should be beginning grading on our land soon. After that we'll be digging the footings and pouring the foundation. Anyone want to help?

Last Friday we took a group to Hopi Hari a "Disney" like theme park near by. These kids had earned a free trip because of their participation in Bible club and had a great time on all of the rides.

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