a short update

The rain is finally here and the temperature is dropping and that makes me really happy.
I'm now already back here in Barão for a while since the last post. Last weel Pastor Valter and I had a meeting, planning a soccer tournament. The tournament will be on the 22nd of December. We hope that we can get around 8 teams and that the city will support us financially. We chose "drugs I'm out of here" as our theme for the tournament. In this part of the city where I live the drugs are a huge problem and we want to make the kids aware of the consequences of consuming drugs. We hope that a local church that works with drugs addicts will send one of their staff members to have a short talk about drugs to the kids. I'm exited to see what this event will do and what God will be doing in those kids lives.
I'm in the middle of preparing my first bible study for tomorrow evening. The theme is about the consequences of sin and the salvation plan of God. Because it is my first one here and it's in Portuguese I'm also very nervous about it. I hope the message will be clear and that everything will go well.
Last Thursday I had the privilege to be live on screen in my home church in Switzerland. They asked me if I would like to be skyped in for mission evening at the church. I would like to say thanks again to my church for giving me that opportunity.

Well, beside that not a lot had happened since my last post. We had last Sunday a service here at our house. It wasn't well attended but we know that God is working in them.
Everything is going well from my side and the work is going on, slowly but it is going.

Be blessed and thanks for your interest.

For a change

Just quick some last words to the video clips about the elections here in Brazil.
As you probably noticed, the elections here were very loud. There were lot of parades, which were payed by the candidates. After most parades the candidates organized a party where all their followers could have free drinks and party. So nearly all the people of the town where on those events and our ministry had nearly anybody. But how I already wrote in an other post, the people are coming back now and it has been fun to organize and plan stuff for the youth here.
Last Saturday I had the chance to drive to my parents place. It was a great time that I had with them. I had the chance to visit the new PróSertão office downtown Teresina. But there wasn't a lot of time that I could spend with my parents. On Tuesday the PróSertão team meeting started and I was invited to be part of it, were I also could give my insights too. It was a very interesting time, I could learn a lot about the goals and the motives of the project. The meeting went on till Thursday noon. Thursday afternoon I traveld with one of the mission's leader back to Barão.
I'm not going to be back for to long. Beginning of December I'll be traveling up to Belem. There I'll be having a weekly course via skype with CLBI.

I'm learning a lot here in Brazil and because Simon Reifler knows a lot about Computer I also have the opportunity to learn a lot in that areal. I love to work in this area (website editing).

Thank you so much for your support, may our LORD bless you richly.

Some impressions of the election

Some video clips and fotos from the elections here in Brazil

First Fruits

There was a lot going on last week. We had as usual our small groups on Wednesday and Friday and on Thursday we went to visit a new village in the interior. We had the opportunity to meet new people and make new friendships. On Saturday we had again our soccer school in the morning and in the afternoon we had kid's time. After the lesson Rozi, Pastor Valter's wife had, she gave the opportunity to the kids accept Jesus as their saviour. So 9 kids accepted Jesus as their saviour that day. May the Holy Spirit keep working with that seed that was planted in their lives. Saturday evening we had again youth group and this time we had even more youth coming than last time. It really looks like that the elections affected our ministry. Sunday we had again church service, I was asked to lead the service. Again it was something I never did before and something that I could learn something.

The 9 kids that accepted Jesus into their lives

 How the feedback is on how I did, I don't know yet, but I think it went well for the first time. This Sunday was the last Sunday that we dedicated towards the missionaries of the denomination. We were collecting money for all the missionaries. My supervisor, Pastor Simon preached two weeks ago on the parable of the talents. How the master gave talents to his servants and how the first and the second servent multiplied the talents that the third didn't do anything with it. After preaching this message he challenged those who wanted to accept some money from him and multipli it in what every way and then to bring everything back again. The money would them be collected and be given to the denomination who would give the money to their missionaries. The goal that our church had was 220 Reais. Just on this last Sunday we collected through this challenge around 170 Reais. This people really understood what the message was all about. On day after this last Sunday a lady came and gave me 15 Reais telling me that this was what she won out of the money Pastor Simon gave her, and she also told me that she would keep another 10 Reais to use that to multipli it again. It is very nice to see how this people understand and are trustworthy with what we ask of them.

Well I think that's all what happened last week. Pastor Simon and his family are back from their holidays and so the normal life turned back too.

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Be blessed

More Pictures

Here are some more pictures from the children's day, enjoy it

Brazil Adventure Part 2

And here is part 2, keep enjoying it.

Brazil Adventure Part 1

So here is the first part of the survival trek video that we did in September. Enjoy it