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We had a busy week with the 18 man BJ soccer ministry team here from Thursday until Sunday afternoon. There were several exciting opportunities to share the Gospel and literally hundreds heard the message. Many were talked to one on one and several made decisions for Christ! (That is Gil with the kids from next door at right.) Wow! That was refreshing to write. Things around these parts are definitely getting exciting. Which makes it even harder to think about leaving for a year! Our Sunday school class had 10 kids for the second week in a row! And that with 4 visitors. Jose Carlos, a little boy I met while talking with the kids next door, and who basically lives on the street, brought his parents to church last night and both raised their hands for salvation! Carol, Ana Luiza's friend was back too and she also raised her hand at the invitation. Man do we have work to do. I am so thankful for all of your prayers and look forward to sharing what the Lord will be doing in the near fu...

The old joke goes something like this, "Is there a 4th of July in Brazil?" The answer? Of course! Do they celebrate it like the Americans do? No. Their Independence day is on September 7th. So, there are no fireworks, no flags waving, no parades, no "Star Spangled Banners". But, there were some fireworks at the Mormon church last night. What does the Mormon church have to do with the 4th of July? Let me explain. Dawn and I went to make a visit Tuesday night. Guilherme had missed the last two week of my Sunday school class and a visit was long over due. However, as we arrived at his house we couldn't get anyone to answer the door. We clapped and clapped and clapped (no we were not giving a standing ovation because no one was home, in Brazil one has to clap to get peoples attention; iron gates are difficult to knock on). Anyway after clapping several times with no response, even though the house lights were on, it was suggested that we go to the Mormon church to s...