Here are several photos from those 4 days. Click on them to see the close-up and caption.
That would be Vacation Bible School...except it wasn't, since it took place during the school year. On 2 weekends in October, a total of 4 days, an Escola Bíblica Infantil was held at Victory Baptist Church. Attendance wasn't as high as in past years, the most we had was 30 on the first day. But things went well, the children enjoyed it and so did all of our many helpers! The crowning touch was that 2 adolescents made professions of faith in Christ. That one positive outweighed any negatives that may have been there.
Here are several photos from those 4 days. Click on them to see the close-up and caption.
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Yesterday, October 12th, was Children's Day (Dia das Crianças) here in Brazil-a VERY celebrated day. Some children look forward to it more than they do Christmas! Our church had an activity on Sunday afternoon for the children of our church. I did not take any pictures but I would like to post this one that I took of four of the children last month. The 2 girls are sisters and the 2 boys are brothers. Here are 2 more, saying a Bible verse that they learned. Were there ever cuter kids than these?! And here are our 2 neighbor girls. They love to come and play with our puppies whenever we have some around. They are from a (nominally) Catholic family. Although they have heard the Gospel from us they have yet to accept an invitation to attend a church service with us. Pray for them! This date was also Brazil's patron saint day (Dia da Padroeira do Brasil), who is "Our Lady Who Appeared" (Nossa Senhora de Aparecida)-one of the many forms of Mary. Surprisingly, there was no mass at the nearby RC church but there no doubt was at the main church in town. To find out more about this , click here. It will give you some idea of the false teachings we have to deal with, teachings which the majority of Brazilian children are growing up with. Pray that we can reach more of these precious little ones with the truth of the Gospel! After 3 weeks of not being able to do the Saturday children's class because of weather and other reasons, we were finally able to do it again yesterday! The weather was mild and we had several kids, although not quite as many as the previous times. The new banner sign in front of the house, made especially for the class. Well-behaved and good listeners! These actions songs wear me out faster than they used to! This afternoon (Sunday) a class was done in another different location, about 2 miles away from the other one. Here 3 of the Bible College students are helping out. Another student sits with the few children who came. |
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