Brasil!

Tomorrow I leave for Brazil. We are going to the city of Jundiai to help plant three house churches. You can bet I will be going to the churrascaria and drinking lot of Guarana. For all 3 of you who might read my blog, you can keep up with what we are doing on our church website. www.nsbcweatherford.com. You should find a Brazil link on there were we will provide updates of what we are doing.

Me of Little Faith

I wish I could look at small things and see how big they can be.  Yesterday we had our first "Saturday Kids Extravaganza" at a local apartment complex.  (I know the name is cheesy, but I had about 5 minutes to come up with it).  We were originally told that there were 200 kids at the complex that were in need of assistance.  That number seemed to go down each time I spoke with the people there. And in the first hour there were about 8 kids that showed up.  In the end we maybe had 30 kids come through, less than I had expected.

But I was very humbled and surprised by the excitement that our college students showed for the whole thing.  What I thought was a flop they saw as God moving in the hearts of children and parents. I guess I'm looking for the earthquake while God is whispering trying to get my attention.

So here is a list of successes that I saw from Saturday:

• the kid who took home all the extra lunches and said that because of that his family would have lunch and dinner.
• the kids who listened attentively to the Bible story.
• the kids who asked us when we were coming back.
• the workers who were able to share with the moms of the children
• the North Side college group's first mission project!
• the senior adults helping us make sandwiches
• Greenwood's participation - they're group's first mission project?

This is some good stuff!  I can't wait 'till next time.