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The Snake The first day someone almost stepped on this boa constrictor, which was wrapped around an iguana. We caught it, took some pictures, and then set it free back in the swamp. Powered by WPeMatico

Cristovál started with an evening of games. The next day one of the big events was a cross-country run, where your team only got points when everyone was at the finish line. This encourages the stronger ones helping the weaker ones. The Powered by WPeMatico

We’ll Be Home For Christmas! We Are Dreaming of a White Christmas! We are coming to Ontario for Christmas!  Now that our kids are in school, furloughs will need to line up with our kids’ school holidays, and in Brazil the school year ends in December.   We are cold just thinking about it and … Home For The Holidays, Beach Church and Film Crew

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Fabio and Geice are group people. When I picked them up to come over for pizza and baked potatoes we drove around and picked up other family and friends, and even a neighbour kid who was standing in his driveway and watching them get into our car. Like my mom says, “You can’t have a party … Celebration Supper

South Africa appears more violent than Brazil. I don’t know about this statistically but I observed a whole different level of property protection. The Bible School where we had the AVLN conference was surrounded by two fences, about half a meter apart. The outside fence is chain-link with razor-wire at the top. The inside fence … Springtime in Johannesburg

Dad had chest pains last Sunday morning. The ambulance showed up in 5 minutes, and he spent much of the week in the hospital. Thankfully he is home again and doing well. Emma, Via, Anni, and Bella in church Sunday morning. My cousin sent me this candid photo. Powered by WPeMatico

Ghibeau is the editor of a peer-learning community of people who are launching Disciple Making Movements. They define a Disciple Making Movement as a group who are planting 100 new churches every 2-3 years, with groups starting groups down to at least 4 generations. http://www.accelerateteams.org/index.php/our-guidebook We met for lunch with Ghibeau while we were in … Church Planting Lessons

Hi everybody, this is Ronã. I’m very excited to meet all of you next year. Yeah! That’s right, we are going to America in February! That’s awesome! Until then, I want to talk about one challenge I’m overcoming during this time—The fear of evangelism. Don’t misunderstand. It’s not that I am ashamed of Christ. It’s … Overcoming Fear

The Mozambique and Angola churches have been asking Brazil for worship and learning resources. These countries all speak Portuguese. Milton and Elba were invited to be guest speakers at the African Vineyard Leadership Conference (AVLN) in Johannesburg with the hope that friendships and working relationships would form. Elba and Milton invited a few others, and … AVLN Conference