A Month to Live!

We are full fling into our series on "One Month to Live".  It will last all of November and is already having an effect on our church family. We are emphasizing priorities and how we would live if we only had a month to live.  What things would we start doing and what things we would stop doing.  We are using Kerry and Chris Shook's book with this title.  Our men's prayer meeting doubled this week in size.  Yes we were already a small band - but it's a sign of life.  We recommend the reading of this book. But watch out - it might bring on some changes...

The new youth group

It has been great working with the young people at Koinonia with our new format. There is a neat team of kids doing the planning and leg work. Marcy meets with them regularly for this planning. They have a lot of energy and lots of good ideas.  A lot has happened since we met with this group in our living room when this ministry was born last semester.  Pray that many teens will continue to be reached through this time called "Radar" on Saturday nights. 

Children's Day Went Well

I know we focused on Children's Day in the Outback in our last prayer letter but thought I would share a few more pictures. One of my puppet Freddie and the other a neat shot our gang took just when the piñata broke. Lot's of fun and lots of little lives being blessed. Our team did a great job. Thanks for all the prayers. 

Fund Raiser Outback Children's Day

Our youth did a fund raiser for the trip to the Outback for Children's Day. It is a yearly event we do and is Chocolate night. Lot's of good deserts and a nice program. We had over 170 out to it. This Saturday we do our Children's Day at Koinonia and then next week it is off to Ingazeira to bless 400+ kids. As I write this our ladies are preparing the toys and goodie bags for the Outback.

Children's Day - A big deal

In Brazil Children's Day is a big deal. Most kids get a gift from their parents and get to do something fun like a day at the park, or go out to eat etc. This of course is for the children with parents able to do something for them. Each year we take a bus from Recife to do a special Children's Day for the kids in Ingazeira. We gather gifts so that each child gets something. Our young people do games and skits with them. Children's Day is a month away, so pray for this event and all that is entailed in the preparation for the big day. Since we now have a sports field there on church grounds, we are going to do something special for the young people of the town too. We need wisdom and creativity all the way around!

Youth "RadaR" Ministry

Saturday I spoke to our youth group at their new ministry called RadaR. It has been an exciting ministry that Marcy and I have helped the youth get going. It has been exciting see our college and career youth develop this outreach. I did a story telling time about how the Gospel reached the caretaker at Camp Peniel when I was a child. My point was that the Gospel is simple enough and God's grace is great.

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