The end of Brasil
2014 has come. Well, almost. We have
landed safely in Chicago, chowed down on an amazing breakfast and are currently
on the road, headed to Columbia. But, to
recap the end of our time in Brasil, here are some of the highlights….
Sunday marked the
end of the older youth English camp, with over 40 students in attendance this
year. Instead of the usual 20-30 aged
campers, this year the majority of the campers were considerably younger, but
still a great group of participants to have around!
For the first time
in the years we've been in Brasil, we were able to witness 4 participants come
to Christ during the weekend! What an
exciting and encouraging thing to be part of!
Continue to keep these 4 (and the other campers) in your prayers, for
continued growth, passion, encouragement; as well as Pastor Denis & Pastor
Leondro as they now invest in helping these students grow in Christ.
Conversation clubs
went very well, with campers quickly opening up and not only talking in
English, but asking questions that showed a deeper interest than just the text
we were studying. So awesome to see
thoughts provoked, questions arise, and hearts stirred.
Another American
pancake breakfast + French toast (yes, the irony was not lost on us) was
enjoyed by all, this time leaving no leftovers!
Needless to say, those of us cooking are hoping there will not be
another event soon requiring 400+ pancakes!!
Campers left, albeit
reluctantly, Sunday afternoon around 2:00 pm, leaving our team a bit
disappointed and yearning for more. We
cleaned up camp, took down decorations and got ready to head to church. The entire team, except for Pastor Conrad
went to preach at the church in Mogi, where the team had the opportunity to
present a very powerful skit, and we sang one of our vocal pieces, and Pastor
Denis closed out the service preaching.
Though the week was
a great week of ministry, full of excitement and encouraging things happening,
we were all pretty worn out and ready for a bit of rest, and thoroughly enjoyed
crashing at the beach in Bertioga Monday.
It happened to be one of the best days of our time in Brasil temperature
wise, which was an added bonus.
Tuesday was another low-key sight seeing opportunity, heading to Campos de Jordao, after enjoying yet another great lunch in the Panziera's home. Their family even headed to Campos de Jordao with us as a farewell send off!
Wednesday including
packing up, cleaning up, and an hour or two of
last minute shopping for families and friends back home. Erika (Pastor Denis' wife) treated us to a
delicious Brasilian favorite, Pao de Quiejo in their home before heading to the
airport.
We did all manage to
make the flight, and at this point have landed safely and are currently on the
road back to COMO, but of course, not without a little excitement! Because of some communication errors, and
traffic accidents leading to substantial time lost on the road, and then even
more complications at the check-in desk, we heard the 'loading now, closing
doors now, final call now' comments for our flight, and were "those"
people racing through the airport in hopes of making it on the flight. We did all make it thankfully!!
More pictures later,
but for now, please plan to join us at Grace Bible Church THIS Sunday, August 10th, in both the 8:00 and 11:00 am services to see part of the program we
presented in Brasil, hear testimonies
and enjoy Pastor Conrad share the message.
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