Monday, October 21, 2013

Baby Shower

What a privilege and joy for Christen and I to be able to give a baby shower to one of our newest women in the church! We also thank God for Gracie's two unsaved neighbors who were able to come as well. Please pray that we be able to visit her neighbors so we may share the gospel with them. How exciting to hear one of them say to Christen, "You are always welcome at my house." The women seemed to really enjoy their time of fellowship together, especially the game of attempting to draw a picture of a baby on a paper plate that was placed on their heads.  =) Besides a great time of fellowship, we had a wonderful time in God's Word and on reflecting of great truths of what God wants from each women in every stage of their lives.







Children's Day





      Each year, on October 12th, Children's Day is celebrated in Brazil to honor children. In fact, it is said that Brasil was the first country to have this special day, and they have been celebrating this day since 1920. Thus, Redemption Baptist Church decided to do two different activities - one for the adolescent class and one for the younger children. 
      On Friday, October 11th, we took the adolescents out bowling. How exciting to see some of these kids bowl for the very first time in their life! It was a very big thing for them. If you have never tried bowling with pins on strings, then you are definitely in for a challenge. =) It is quite comical seeing the strings get all tied up sometimes. Following our fun time of bowling, we headed to a very popular hot dog place where they fill your hot dogs will all kind of stuff - corn, mayo, peas, little french fries, a special dressing, and so much more. Sorry I forgot to take a picture of these amazing, stuffed hot dogs. =)
       On Sunday, October 13th, following the morning service, a group of families with smaller children headed to a park to have a picnic and have a time of fellowship together. How wonderful to not only be able to fellowship as a church, but also see God bring two different strangers into our midst. One stranger was needing food and bus money. Not only were we able to feed him and give him some money, but one of our men was also able to share the gospel with him. After awhile, a man selling cotton candy came by and we were able to give him a piece of cake, as well as, a tract. While some of the ladies from our church were playing games with the kids, we had different kids from the park come over and ask to play the games as well. How exciting to not only be able to fellowship with our church, but also be able to share the love of Christ with others!











Fun with Learning

Homeschooling is on it's way and for National Cake Decorating Day, Tuesday, October 15th, we decided to integrate a few fun activities such as reading the book "If you give a cat a cupcake", completing some fun worksheets, and making cupcakes. Jeremiah is coming along great with his reading and writing and Hannah with reading, English, and writing. In fact, Hannah completed reading her fourth book today! =) So proud of Daniel as he works many times on his own, but is excelling in his understanding of Grammar. The biggest challenge for them is having two languages in their heads - Portuguese and English. One funny moment in reading with Jeremiah was when I was reviewing letters and sounds with him and saying words that start with that sound/letter. After repeating the sound of L, he gave me the word "lata" in Portuguese which means can. Although he said a word in Portuguese, Jeremiah is still grasping the right concept so I couldn't not praise him. =) However, I did enjoy a good laugh and so did he.