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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Daughter and dog...

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God’s Orchestration

I love to see the Lord work His Salvation miracles. His works are Master Pieces of sweet music. They are arrangements that only He can make happen. Two weeks ago I began my second attempt at cello lessons. I had tried the instrument about five years ago and found my fingers so rusty and decrepit that I had given up after just a few months. So, why my second go? Here’s one short and sweet story. There is a youg man that works with Alexandre at school. He teaches music and is a musical genius. At sixteen he began a city wide music program to train young musicians in Sorocaba. Recently he has worked with two deaf children and has been able to teach them to play violin using a method that he developed. There doesn’t seem to be an instrument that he cannot play. His seventeen year old wife also plays the flute and is studying nursing. They are a very young but very sharp couple. In a conversation after the recent Recital Junior convinced me that it would be a good idea for me to take up...

Abs of Steel with Glasses

Have you ever wondered why Clark Kent always took his glasses off before he turned into Superman? I hadn’t ever thought about it either until this last Saturday when I almost got sucker-punched. Wellington, one of my spunky Juniors, wanted to wrestle. He feigned a punch to my gut and I said, “Go ahead. I have abs of steel!” I think that my gym visits might be going to my head because my abs of steel are buried under a healthy layer of blubber. I have improved my six-pack but it is far from chiseled. It looks more like a quarter of a keg. Anyway, quick as a wink and with near lightening speed Wellington said, “Yeah but up here is made of glass!” as his poke went within a hair’s breadth of my glasses! I belly-laughed. His rapid reflexes and wit had caught me by surprise. And what he said was so true and funny. It was an excellent though brief lesson. I often prepare for an oncoming fray. I get ready, set and then “BLAM”! The proverbial punch comes from a totally different direction. ...

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