Services

The weekend services went very well. On Saturday night we went out to Green Pastures where I led the service for all the local farming folk from that region. Sacha led the praise and it was very nice to have Bible College student Mailson Macena preaching God's word. He spoke very well indeed. He spoke on Pharoah's dreams from Genesis 41 and Joseph's interpretation of them. The farming folk could readily relate to the 7 thin cows swallowing the 7 fat ones and the 7 thin heads of corn swallowing the 7 fat ones. This really caught the people's attention. It is good to see young folk developing in Christian ministry which is one of our principle goals.

On Sunday night I again led the main service of the week in Patos and young assistant pastor Rafael preached on Luke 19 and the encounter of Jesus with Zacchaeus the tax collector. It was interesting that a member of the church, who rarely comes to church owing to ill health, and who is called Zacchaeus, came to church last night.

I have finished reading a book in Portuguese called 'What is integral mission?' and I am now passing the book on to the youth for their fellowship group's study. The book has 19 short chapters which makes it ideal for one topic per week study and discussion. I have now started reading a book in English called 'The God I don't understand'  by C. J. H Wright which reflects on tough questions of faith like evil, suffering, the killing of the Canaanites and the Cross.

We are enjoying the fresh lemonade from the lemons we brought in from Green Pastures on Friday. There is something very special about consuming your own products. The lemonade tastes exceptionally good.