Brazil Trip - Day 4

Today we started our servant evangelism activities along with the construction project. The brick work was completed prior to allow us time to finish the house. Tom and a couple guys worked on the doors and windows for the house while the rest of us went on site. We sorted tiles for the roof and put up the rafters too.


The ladies spent the morning serving on our "Spa Day" ministry. They had a great turnout, including many children for this. Here is a picture of Tracy giving a haircut. They also painted nails and other girly girl stuff in addition to the haircuts.

The afternoon consisted of beginning our Sports ministry and continuing our construction. Ben and Dave led the group in soccer and Ben was most proud at scoring a goal! (Please pray for Ben's pride.) Jake and Jake led the group in Kickball after that was over. That went pretty well though it took a while for the kids to understand the rules. They weren't so keen on getting "out".

We worked on laying the tile for the roof at the construction site. Jon took the initiative and braved the heights, first spreading the tiles out on the rafters in piles and then helping Cicero, one of the Brazilian men working for Grupo CEO this summer, lay them. Jon only fell off twice and now writes left-handed and walks backwards but we're pretty sure this will clear up when we get back to the Northern Hemisphere. Just kidding Sherry (Jon's mom)...he only fell once. HA! Still kidding. He was steady the whole time and Tom even joined him up there for the last part of it. Sure would be nice to get some Titan guys down here.

After a dinner of hot dogs, we split up. The teens with to a youth service, the ladies to a women's meeting and the men to a men's meeting. It was a great time to fellowship with our brothers and sisters in Christ here in Brazil. Two men accepted Christ at our men's meeting. They didn't even complain about my attire! Seriously though it was awesome to pray for and with them. We talked about how to be good husbands to our wives. I advised them to go on a mission trip 4,500 miles away. No, I'm joking again. I'm pretty sure I said something profound and serious.

It's 11:37 pm here and if you haven't figured it out yet, it's Phil that is writing all this. I'm a bit sleepy from a big day but was anxious to get you the latest happenings here and post a few more pictures.

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