Week 28

Visiting friends and the Book of Isaiah

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Oliveira family in Belo Horizonte, Southeast of Brazil. Garibaldi Oliveira was one my best classmates while at ACU. We both discussed all sort of new ideas and perspectives. We debated about the way we've been doing churches in Brazil.                                                               We reverently

reflected about our God. Well, this week we met and for hours we did the same thing! His family 

among others was God's providence in supporting us while studying in US. During the same visit I had the chance to teach the book of Isaiah at a local training school for the Churches of Christ. Isaiah is such a rich book that it becomes hard to teach. Isaiah's artistic writing style and powerful message makes its teaching on the other hand a great pleasure.

(Tonight as the whole family was coming from a movie theater a young playboy threw his speeding car against us, hit us, and then ran. Thank the good Lord, I was able to regain control of the vehicle! There was only a sli

ght dent on the side.)

Ah, we're on vacation during the month of July.

Week 25

This week we had our VBS. Dayse and several other women from our church did a tremendous job. For the two last days we had 70 kids! The kids from church and neighborhood played, heard about Jesus, had snakes, and more for approximately three hours. Again, our women did fantastic jobs. We're so proud of them! Some men participated only to offer support.

Week 24

Thank you to each of you who prayed for my mother. This week she returned to her own apartment. Her staying at the Nursing Home was very good to stabilize her health, especially her high blood pressure. On the other hand, she was getting more and more depressed and forgetful there. She dearly missed her church friends, neighbors and closeness to our family. We thought it was wiser to have her back in order to keep her happy and in good spirits—and she is!
Keep her (Cenira is her name) in your prayers. She is still very forgetful.

“Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.”