A group shot of the visitors on Seminary Day where we took a group of teens from our church.
Making Christmas cookies for the teen activity.
Ivone and Renata (pastor's wife) at the Ladies Christmas Party
Nuvia and Aline at the Christmas Party
Some of the ladies at the Christmas Party
Cauane and Enzo
Rafaela (our church) and Tiago (Calavary Baptist) are a dating couple that took part in our Christmas party.
Two of our younger teens in our youth. Washington and Marcinho at the teen activity.
Abigail and Krista. Krista is a girl that is visiting from the US. I used to be her elementary school teacher when she was in first grade!
Caio has the letter R representing one of the letters that his family pledged to buy for our sign out front which will spell out Igreja Batista Esperança.
Isis with the letter A. (Her middle name is Aline, thus the choice of "A")
"P" for Paulinho and also the third letter in Esperança.
Graduationg ceremony at our church.
Rafaela (our church) and Tiago (Calavary Baptist) are a dating couple that took part in our Christmas party.
Two of our younger teens in our youth. Washington and Marcinho at the teen activity.Abigail and Krista. Krista is a girl that is visiting from the US. I used to be her elementary school teacher when she was in first grade!Caio has the letter R representing one of the letters that his family pledged to buy for our sign out front which will spell out Igreja Batista Esperança.Isis with the letter A. (Her middle name is Aline, thus the choice of "A")"P" for Paulinho and also the third letter in Esperança.Graduationg ceremony at our church.Mateus, Ariel, Vitor, Isis, Guilherme, Lucas, and Binho.
Dani and I were able to be a part of an orphanage visit with another church called Igreja da Fé. The kids (who come from needy homes themselves) brought gifts for the kids.
In their presentation, they sang and did a simple presentation of the nativity scene. They did an excellent job.
We had 7 new visitors that came walking up to our church, but they were too "chicken" to come in! Sorry, guys, just couldn't resist.
Abigail, Joice, and Ana are three girls that have befriended our new visitor, Krista.
Our Christmas cantata which included a small kid's choir for a special number was presented in four different churches in Sorocaba.
Pastor Wendel (my first official picture of our new Brazilian pastor!) :)
We were able to take a trip on New Years Day to another city about 4 hours away to visit a former pastor of our church. This is a part of the group that we took, a few people are missing in the picture. Paulinho, Sabrina, Dani, Joice, David, a visitor from Pr. Wendels former church, Abigail, and Krista.
Pastor Celso who loves horses and the country took us to a farm on a dirt road for about 45 minutes to an hour, and then we had to walk a half an hour to get there, and then nobody was home! But Pr. Celso rounded up some horses anyway and teens took turn riding two different horses.
No nicely paved path to make it to the watefall here in Brazil! :)
But definitely worth the hike!
Dani and I were able to be a part of an orphanage visit with another church called Igreja da Fé. The kids (who come from needy homes themselves) brought gifts for the kids.In their presentation, they sang and did a simple presentation of the nativity scene. They did an excellent job.We had 7 new visitors that came walking up to our church, but they were too "chicken" to come in! Sorry, guys, just couldn't resist.Abigail, Joice, and Ana are three girls that have befriended our new visitor, Krista.Our Christmas cantata which included a small kid's choir for a special number was presented in four different churches in Sorocaba.Pastor Wendel (my first official picture of our new Brazilian pastor!) :)We were able to take a trip on New Years Day to another city about 4 hours away to visit a former pastor of our church. This is a part of the group that we took, a few people are missing in the picture. Paulinho, Sabrina, Dani, Joice, David, a visitor from Pr. Wendels former church, Abigail, and Krista.Pastor Celso who loves horses and the country took us to a farm on a dirt road for about 45 minutes to an hour, and then we had to walk a half an hour to get there, and then nobody was home! But Pr. Celso rounded up some horses anyway and teens took turn riding two different horses.No nicely paved path to make it to the watefall here in Brazil! :)
But definitely worth the hike!
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