Last Sunday...

Chuck preached for the 2nd time in Portuguese at Igreja Batista Vila Aurea. Brasilians are so friendly! We ate lunch with the Associate Pastor, Pastor Manuel and his family! Lunch was wonderful and we had a great time. Take a look. (But please keep praying for our Portuguese to get A LOT better!)

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How we feel speaking Portuguese...

Mother's Day attempt to sing

They knew the songs in Portuguese that we'd practiced together all week before the preformance, but when it came time to sing in church, here's what happened...

Coffee & friends

Abigail likes her coffee in the mornings! She will really do well here in this coffee-culture!



Hope, Gracie, Atani & Abigail
Atani is an answer to prayer. She speaks English and Portuguese and the girls just love her. Atani has been playing with the girls and teaching them Portuguese at the same time. I have been surprised how comfortable Hope has become speaking Portuguese since she's been around her new friend! Last week Antani taught Hope the vowel sounds in Portuguese and both Hope and Abigail proceeded to play chase around the house screaming Portuguese vowel sounds to each other!

Chuck Preaches in Portuguese (1st Time)

Chuck gave a message on "Colheta Espiritual" (The Spiritual Harvest) to tell why starting new churches is important and how the existing churches should be involved in church multiplication.

He quoted Rick Warren:  "We need all kinds of churches to reach all kinds of people."

The harvest is ready!

He used:

 Matt. 9:37 "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few." and John 4:35  Jesus said, "I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields. They are ripe for harvest." 

He had a translator beside him to help when needed. He did a great job! Thanks for praying.

Here's a shot of Gracie watching him preach in Portuguese for the first time.

Our Little Gracie-bug

We're Not in the Suburbs anymore...

I am continually amazed at how it seems that all these little shops around us stay open - (that's because I'm a former "suburbanite".) But then I just look down the street and realize that there are literally thousands of people who live within a 4 block radius of my apartment.

This is the view from our balcony as I look down the street either way. Please pray that God would give us HIS strategy for how best to reach these apartment people for Christ!

Girls enjoying our balcony

Pictures of the city of Guaruja

A Favela on the mountain side

Here are some shots of driving through the city on the way to our new home.

As we were coming over the mountain the morning we moved in, I also took some shots out the window of the car.

So Much To Do...

Chuck bought himself a 2008 agenda/calendar and the girls decided they needed one to. So Dad kindly bought Barbie and Minnie Mouse agendas for Hope and Abigail so that they could keep track of all their things to do each day.