Just stopping by to say I’ve uploaded some photos of the Ribeirinhos Project, in Santarém, Pará. We also made a video that I’ll upload to YouTube and post it here anytime soon. Meanwhile, you can see the photos, clicking here.
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In time…
I’ve arrived in Aachen and am almost settled at ps. Sérgio and family’s house. Last Sunday I went to the Spanish-German service and it was very cool. I’m already making friends and getting to know a little more of the local culture. On Thursday I’ll start having German classes (they didn’t start on Monday, like I had said)… and I’m super excited!
Praise during the service at the German/Latin church of Aachen
Today I walked a little downtown and could feel the cold once more – really good!
God bless!
After an awesome trip, I arrived in Frankfurt at 2:30pm (10:30 – Brazil time) and am already at the hotel. I’ll stary here until Sunday, when I’ll meet with pr. Sérgio and his wife, sister Margarida, to go to Aachen, where I’ll get to know the church I’ll be working and also the city I’ll live for the next few months.
On Monday I’ll start a German language course and I know it’ll be a blessing, and also help the missionary work here a lot!
Another good thing is the weather here… about 5º Celsius (43º Fahrenheit) – I love cold weather!
As soon as I have more news, I’ll post here!
God bless! (still haven’t found out how to say this in English, but I’ll learn!)
Posted on February 11th, 2009 in:
Missions
We arrived in Santarém early Wednesday, spent the day in the city and on Thursday we started going up Tapajós, Arapiuns and Maró rivers. We visited two villages, ministered on evening services and have been deeply impacted by this people, not only by the riverside communities, but by pastors and workers for Igreja da Paz.
In the Prainha community we took care of some children that had injuries and were very touched by that people. Those eyes will always be in our memories. That is a people that have suffered and was abandoned, but they always have a smile in their faces and their doors opens for us at any time. Surely, we will never be the same.
Today we’re going up the Amazon River, going towards another community, after spending the weekend at the city visiting churches and resting a little. We believe God has blessed us greatly and the best is yet to come.
I wanted to send some photos, but internet here is not that good. As soon as I can, I’ll put something here.
God bless!
Posted on January 31st, 2009 in:
Blog
I saw this somewhere and found it interesting: I’ll start blogging on my birthday, so that I’ll know in the future what was happening the years before. Let’s see what happens.
This year I got a super-mega-wonderful-gift: Praise Habit! David Crowder‘s book. I’ve read some pages and have already seen that the book is awesome. More on that later.
For future reference:
In 3 days I’ll go to the Projeto Riberinhos Para Cristo, in Santarém, Pará – it’ll be awesome!
On month and a half from now I’ll go to Germany where I’ll do missions in Aachen – also will be awesome!
Now we just have to wait for me to remember to do this every year! 
God bless!
Posted on January 29th, 2009 in:
Missions
We’re in our last days of preparation to our trip to Santarém (northern Brazil), where we’ll do missions amidst the riverside population – our Projeto Ribeirinhos Para Cristo (Riverside Population For Christ). 6 days to go!
Last Sunday morning we went to Comunidade Shamah where my mom preached and I shared a little about missions. The church also prayer for Abel, Gabriela, Yan and Gabriel, who’ll go with us in the project.
Later that day we went to Igreja Prebiteriana de Vila da Penha to talk about the project and we had an awesome time there. Elaine, Yan and myself shared a little mor about the mission project.
On both services they took up an offering for the Project, and we’re very close to our financial goal.
Today we had on last meeting where we prayed, talked and ministered to one another. It was great!
We’re very anxious! We believe that God will make wonders on these days!
Next Tuesday we’ll travel and come back on the 14th – we’re really excited!
God bless!
