September and October 2009

Vitor playing Jenga during our picnic after SS to be able to get to know the new pastor. And now that I am posting the fact of a new pastor it dawned on me that it might be good to have a picture of the new pastor! OOPS! I will have to do that shortly.



Some of the ladies in our church dressed up with hats as it was the theme for the annual ladies get together from various churches. (Francisca, Aline, Marcia, and Luciana)

Children's Day is a holiday here in Brazil so we had a special day for them during our Sunday School time.

I dressed up as an ant and used the ant as a spiritual ilustration. Here are some of the famous brigadeiros that maybe you remember eating at your church in the form of an ant. No matter what the form, they are delicious.

This huge anteater that we were able to borrow from the zoo would agree with me, too. But his perspective would be different. He would say that ants no matter what flavor are delicious! :)

We did a SS trip to a Chocolate Farm because Andrew and Ana Shae are soon heading back to the States. (Andrew, Ana, Caio, and peacock)

A picture taken during our SS time in thanks to the team that came down to paint our church right before the induction service of our national pastor (who I need to get a picture of! :)

Jordan's birthday party.
We were sad to see Shawn and his family go, but thankful for how the Lord used them at Hope Baptist Church, and we are looking forward to working with them again in the next church plant.

This picture right here has nothing to do with ministry, but is a reminder of how your prayers are important on a daily basis. When we go through trials we remember to pray, but prayer on a normal basis is important.

I wasn't paying attention as much as I should have been, an orange cone like this appeared directly in front of me. I tried to swerve to miss the cone, but the front left wheel grabbed the curb and van went up on the curb. I tried to brake and keep one wheel on the tar as we balanced on the curb for quite awhile as I fearfully noticed the tilting embankment, also remembering that Sabrina was on that side of the van in her carseat. Eventually, I couldnt hold the van on the road any longer, but fortunately the van had slowed enough and came to a rest as you see it now.
How the van did not tip over after hitting the curb at 70 miles an hour was an amazement and a testimony to all those that witnessed it. We passed Sabrina through the window to a man that stopped still fearful that maybe the van would tip over as we got out. That man told us that as soon as he saw us hit the curb, he said to his wife, they are going to tip over. God's hand made sure that it didn't! We are appreciative of your prayers everyday!