Carnival Camp ends

We have just got back from the Carnival Camp held at Green Pastures. Thank you for your prayers and support.

The Sunday night service went off very well with Pastor Wostenes preaching on "Christians caring for the family". His sermon was really blessed. The number present was increased by quite a few people who just came for the service from Patos. All the local Green Pastures Church people were there too. During the service a light shower of rain fell which lowered the temperature. It became quite chilly if you were sat near a fan! 

Every day at our camps starts with breakfast at 7 am. This is followed by a time for individual or small group Bible meditation and prayer at 8 am. Then comes the first service of the day at 9 am which goes till about 10:30ish. Lunch is served at noon and the afternoon is free for sport, walking, chatting, siesta etc. Sometimes there are extra optional activities in the afternoons. The evening meal is at 6 pm, the evening service at 7:30 pm (till about 9:15pmish) and silence for sleep is at 11 pm. The "silence" doesn't always work easily but this year it was pretty good.

On Monday the speaker was Pastor Gersé from Princesa Isabel both morning and night. In the morning he spoke on "Christians caring through social action" and at night he spoke on "Christians caring through evangelism/sharing the Gospel. He spoke very well.

On Tuesday afternoon we held a baptism in the swimming pool and baptized 7. 3 were from Patos, 3 were from São Mamede and 1 from Passagem. It was a very happy baptism with everyone crammed round the pool praising the Lord.

The main services on the Tuesday heard the ministry of Pastor Lindon Carlos. He was excellent. In the morning he continued the theme of "care" speaking on "It is time to care for the Church". At night he brought the final message of the camp speaking on "It is time to care for your spiritual life".

We had three power cuts on the Tuesday but we called in the electricians who tracked the problem down to some trees which needed pruning as they were short-circuiting the system rubbing against some electric cables.