First Church Service and Children's Day Party
For a quick review, Belem is a poor outlying suberb of the town of Paudalho (pop. 30,000). A friend of Pastor Flavio lives there (named Edgar), and asked him to come minister to the families once a week, and pass out soup.
(Edgar and his wife)
(Pastor Flavio sharing in Edgar's front living space, made just for this opportunity)Down the road from Belem a couple miles, in a little community called Desterro (pop. 3,000). Within this community was a church that was abandoned for 9 years. God has just recently opened doors, and a new church plant was able to being in that building. We are praying to see how this community grows and see how a partnership with Belem and Living Stones might work.
(praying for Pastor Marco and his family)
Our Children's day party started off with us walking around the community, praying and inviting all the kids we saw the come and join us.
The pastor was late, with the keys, so when Flavio came with a Kombe load of kids, we started our party outside in the street.
By the time the Pastor came with the keys, many of the kids from the local community had joined us, and we filled up every pew in the church! It was a wonderful time to share Jesus with this community outreach that is just beginning.
