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Camp...
The kids had a great time at teen camp this year. Two families with kids were there so I planned activities for the younger kids to do while the teens were in their sessions. We did nature notebooks,...
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Danny turns 4!!
Danny had his 4th birthday this week!! He was very excited and wanted to know if he would be four for the rest of his life? His other "big 4 year old"question recently was, "Mommy what do your...
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Pao de Acucar
We took Sharon, our visitor for the month of March, up to Pao de Acucar (Sugar Loaf Mountain). It was a perfect day weather wise but a little cloudy for really good pictures. The kids had a blast...
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He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today...
We had a great Easter morning service at Word of Truth Baptist Church. We started out the morning with a yummy breakfast of bread, ham and cheese, chocolate cake and chocolate chip coffee cake and...
View ArticleOrganization...
Thursday night we had an official unofficial organization of Word of Truth Baptist Church. My first thought as we started the service was "this is ridiculous! there is NOBODY here!" but then I had to...
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Ladies Meeting...
Today was our first ladies meeting at Word of Truth Baptist Church! At first it seemed like no one was going to come, but slowly they came and we ended up with a group of nine ladies and one little...
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Bible Conference 2012
Word of Truth Baptist Church had its first Bible Conference today! It was a great day of preaching from the Word of God by Pastor John Victor of the First Baptist Church in Jacarepagua. The most...
View ArticleYouth Rally
Tonight was the big night...the youth rally we had prayed for, planned for, passed out invites for. A sister church drove an hour or more with seven young people to help us pass out invitations, share...
View ArticleOpportunities...
Thursday night we had a unique opportunity. Two doors down from the church is an auto school that has been in that location for the last 44 years with the same owner. His name is George. He has...
View ArticleWinter Youth Camp
No, it wasn't snow camp, although there was intricately cut blue snowflakes adorning the walls and while it did warm up enough in the afternoon to open the pool, it was chilly enough at night to gather...
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Annual Ladies Meeting
Every August the annual Ladies Day is held here in Rio amongst our sister churches. Each church gets a turn to host the event. It is a wonderful day packed full of food, fellowship and the chance to...
View ArticlePlanting Seeds
Sunday morning already promised to be a warm day. The usual crowd minus a few came out for Sunday School. Opening exercises ran the same way they do each week, we joined in song, Bible reading,...
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Are missionary kids sheltered?
From the world? No.They see this world for howsin ugly it is. My little missionary kids see people losing themselves in alcohol every Sunday night on our way home from church.They see the raucous...
View ArticleWeekend Cleaning
We scheduled a cleaning day at church on Saturday. And while some parts of the building did get a fresh scrubbing, a soul to soul conversation revealed that Jesus had been doing some scrubbing too....
View ArticleHeart Cry
I rank with that group of people who organize their groceries at the checkout stand. Heavy things first, cold stuff stays together, lightweight and bread last. I was in that mode while keeping an eye...
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Christmas Tea
We had a wonderful ladies Christmas tea this month. No, there was no snow and temperatures in the frigid zone but we made do with Christmas decor in the air conditioning and it worked quite nicely!...
View ArticleWhen your husband is the pastor...
it is a very special thing. He shares his messages with you before he preaches them. He asks you how it went after the service. He is always there to answer any Bible question you have and give...
View ArticleThanksgiving
"It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than resentful over what is withheld - one attitude or the other becomes a way of life." ~Elisabeth ElliotHe had seen me gasping...
View ArticleSpiritual Battles
The world is poised and panting, eager to enter into Sodom and Gomorrah and fulfull every fleshly lust for a few short days. The thought process, the planning, the money that goes into such an event is...
View ArticleEleven and a half cents
It was a miracle really, not that I should have expected anything less than that. I had 23 reais in my purse (about 12 dollars). I carefully weighed in my mind which grocery items would be the best...
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