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The Good Light

The title is not a misquote. I didn't mean to say, “The Good Life”. “Good light” is a phrase that Moses quoted and God used in Genesis 1.3. What does “good light” look like? Would you know it if you saw it? We awake to a crystal clear, sparkling, lovely Summer, Winter, Spring or Fall day and it thrills our soul. Imagine how different our perspective might be if we were seeing “good light”. “Mike, get to the point, for Pete’s sake! I was up late last night. I don't want a long drawn out, flowery, ‘funny’ lead into a sermon!” Sorry. I was up until 3:30 AM too. New Years Eve/ Day is like that isn't it? This is somewhat how the phrase looks in Hebrew though it probably wasn't blue nor digital on Moses’ iPad,   וַיַּ֧רְא   אֱלֹהִ֛ים   אֶת־   הָאֹ֖ור   כִּי־   טֹ֑וב . At least this is what I cut and pasted from biblos.com . “Good” and “light” are some of the first words of Creation. God created light and saw that it was good. Think about that. How did stu...

New Year's Eve

We had a great time on NYE with singing, preaching, games, skits, and food! Though it was raining outside, inside was warm with friendship and fellowship. Ronaldo, Carlinhos, and Carlão, shared their testimonies of salvation and God's blessing. Several others shared their testimonies during the night. The skits were a blast and everyone loved the games. We had a Bar-B-Q upstairs and lots of other goodies. And... we were done by 1:00AM. Not bad. (top photo Amoeba Race left to right: Rodolfo, David, Abigail, Isis, Ariel) (bottom photo Balloon Volleyball : Mara, Zelha (back to camera) Guilherme, Carlinhos, Jordeim)