Oi,
When Christen went for her walk today, she couldn’t figure out why everything (even the grocery store) was closed… Her suspicions were confirmed when she asked about a lunch hour – sure enough, the time she had chosen for her walk just happened to be during the 90minute break when everyone goes home to eat (and likely nap as well).
After her afternoon, Christen could certainly have used a nap. She worked alongside Marcia to counsel two young women in regards to baptism and family issues, before helping Joel to translate the schedule for the purity retreat. Then, she conducted a final meeting for the female leaders – discussing such details as registration procedures, small group meeting locations, and food. Whew! In contrast to Christen’s full day, Jason cruised. (Or in other words, just read his Bible and relaxed.) Thankfully, he waited for Christen before leaving for the evening activities!
Within minutes of Christen´s return home, she piled in the car with Sammy and Jason to go to nearby Estrela. This city, with a population of 60,000, is located about fifteen minutes away and is where our current intern, Vinicius (Vini) Guzzo attends “Cristo Vive” church. Jason met with about 40 of their small group / cell group leaders – and shared a powerful word on the kingdom, power, and glory belonging to God. We’ve grown quite accustomed to dinners at 10 pm, and after the meeting, we shared in a huge barbeque dinner in their fellowship hall. One of the highlights of the evening was meeting Vini’s fifteen year old sister named Fernanda!
Prayer Requests:
Please continue to pray for Christen and Joel as they prepare materials for Saturday’s purity retreat. Christen will be sharing at one or more of the sessions and will also be teaching for the co-ed youth service later in the evening. There are still many details to come together on Friday!
Pray for those who have come to receive counseling this week – specifically those with families that have been destroyed by the works of Satan.
Pray that the perfect weather will continue on – at least through the weekend – as there is a river baptism on Sunday morning.
On behalf of the team,
Jason
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