Saturday, March 22, 2014

Church dedication

We had a wonderful church dedication today in Quingoma. The conference president was there to have a dedication prayer and a ribbon cutting ceremony. Then the entire church went in and we had songs, testimonies and thoughts from the pastor. The church gave us all a gift of a cd of Portuguese songs. Always humbling to get a gift from the congregation. 

We then gave out our team tshirt to a few folks that helped put tremendously on the trip. Elmer and Elder are the two Maranatha coordinators that were with us every step of the way. Pastor Abraham and his two junior pastors helped with organizing the local congregations. The junior pastors start evangelism in the area shortly. The man who lives across the street from the church donated his land to store the building materials and tools. One of the elders, Aldenir, helped with getting transportation free of charge from the city and also getting additional medical help. 

I preached a short sermon and we had two testimonies from Eliel and Joel. A wonderful service and is always the highlight of the week. 

We then went back to the hotel, eat and pack up for the trip to Rio. We were sad to leave the hotel. They were extremely good to us. Would stay there again and again if I am back I the area. 

We fly to Rio to start our excursion tomorrow. Hoepfully the rainy forecast is not accurate!






Our mascot is attending church!




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