This was our last week of vacation. We're missing dearly the church family in São Lourenço!
A couple months ago I participated in the incipient beginning of a small Bible group, that eventually would open for the neighborhood around one of our brother's house. But this time we started that group a little different. We mixed new strategies with old practices. The new strategy is to hand out interesting biblical fliers for eight weeks straight in the same streets by the same church members. At the end the families in those streets would be acquainted with our faces. Then, we would invite them to participate at a small Bible group. At this point we would no longer be strangers to them. That's somewhat the new strategy. It's simple and efficient. The old practice, however, was to have all the participating brothers to pray earnestly before we go out handing out fliers. We prayed for good health, good weather, fierce barking dogs, open doors, warmth responses, safety at night, and our own personal problems that could hinder the progress of the Kingdom. Unfortunately I had to leave the group. Last news I heard after the group started, there were 15 unchurched new guests attending the brother's house!
New strategy accompanied by the old practice of intercessory prayer brings about efficiency and good fruits. Bet on it.
Bio, my friend, I knew that you moved, but I did not know where. Two of my best childhood friends live within driving distance of you: Chris Kelly (and his wife Alle), lives five hours from you now, in Praia Grande, and one of my good friends from high school, Ben Roberts (and his wife Juliana), lives in Niterói, just three and a half hours from you. The world is such a small place when you have so many brothers and sisters. If ever you meet them, bless them for me.
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