This is the Day that the Lord Has Made!

How is everyone doing today? Hope all is well wherever you are and whatever you're doing.

We've been having a great time over the past few days here! Saturday was the wedding of our friends Mariana and Paulo. Congratulations! Bethany and I were able to spend sometime getting ready for the wedding with Deisy. She did our nails (she's a pro!), and we worked on each others hair. Its always fun to have opportunities like that to connect with and build relationships with youth. The wedding was probably the most exciting one I've ever been to. There was everything from star wars music to guys dressed as soldiers delivering the wedding rings in the middle of the ceremony! Most importantly of all, it was a Christ centered wedding. They were able to show their fun personalities, while still being a wonderful witness to everyone who attended! Another thing that added to the fun- the couple had Pastor Jonathan Unverzagt from Wisconsin come all the way down to perfrom the wedding. He has been to Brazil several times before and knows them very well.

Saturday we went to Central for sunday school in the morning. Bethany and I were able to spend the hour with Karla and the sunday school kids passing out fliers for an upcoming childrens program at the church. Its great encouragement to see how the people here really care about evangelism. They don't just stay in their church and plan events...they go out to the streets and find people! The boys stayed with the adult sunday school class and had a chance to fellowship with Pastor Jonathan. After sunday school we had lunch at Pastor Nata's house. It was a delicious meal and a good opportunity to spend time with friends!

For the night service we went to Coa Par (I really have no idea how thats spelled!). Its the only Free Lutheran Church here that we haven't had a chance to go to yet. What a great congregation! Its still fairly small, but the people there are so warm and welcoming. Douglas, our friend who studies here at the Bible school, and his brother Giovani's family attend there as well as other people we've gotten a chance to know. Please pray for the growth of this church!

Thank you for the continued support of the ministry here!
In Christ,
Amanda