The last week or so has been really fun and we have done some really good things. On thursday, the day after my last update, it was a Brazilian public holiday. We were told that we didnt need to work at the Cajepe Church and we were invited to pastor Rogerio´s house. He is the pastor of the church that we live above. This was really fun and we had a BBQ, which is called a churrascaria in Brazil. After that we watch a great film with Densel Washington in. On Thursday night we were taken out for pizza with some friends from the church and it was great to get to know them more.
On Friday we had our 3rd kids club. We arranged lots of games and we had a craft activity that involved making animal badges. The drama we performed soon after was based on the parable of the Lost Coin. A freind from church, who had helped at the kids clubs of the last Latin Link team to visit Serra Talhada, came to play a few songs. This was really good. On Friday we celebrated Gabby´s Birthday, a friend from church, and we played a load of party games an had lots of cake.
Saturday was not quite as busy as Friday. We had a outdoor evangelism service in the evening with the church we live above an our team sung a few songs and also performed a powerful drama. The drama was about the woman who was to be stoned and Jesus telling the Pharasise not to. Then we went from that scene to Jesus standing in the middle of the stage, in a white T-shirt, and 4 of us walked one by one and putting red paint on his T-shirt. Then we put him on the cross and the woman who was to be stoned came a worshiped him. This drama went down really well and we were very happy with it.
We were driven to a farm about an hour and a half away on Sunday. The transport was a large truck that around 30 or 40 people sat in the back. We arrived at the farm at around 9 and we spent most of the day there. We had a huge BBQ and we explored the surrounding area. The owner of the Farm had a horse that he kindly let everyone on the team ride. The boys, including me, went to play fotball on a gravel pitch which was fun but difficult to control the ball. I had never really ridden a horse before so it was a new experience for me. After that, the person who was leading the trip lead a small service. Most of the people there were not chistians and so he was telling them about God. We then introduced ourselves and played a few songs. When we got back we went to the service in Cajepe and that was good.
I was part of the group who went out to do door to door evangelism on Tuesday. It was a really good experience and we had a long talk with a group of adults. They also gave us popcorn and a really nice brazilian tea made from from a type of reed. They gave us some of the reed to make the tea and I made some when I got back. Again, all the people we talked to and all the people we saw would listen to what the pastor was saying and would never refuse a leaflet. It makes it so much easier to evangelise when the people are so welcoming.
Yesterday, Wednesday, we worked all day and then a few members of the team went to a friends house who they had meet at football. They were there for a while, watching a film and talking, and just before they left, the guy started talking to them about christianity and soon after he gave his life to Jesus. This was amazing news and it was really encouraging. We hope for more amazing things to happen like this.
Here are some pictures of the activities we have been doing and of the work so far at Cajepe over the last week:
It has already been a month since we arrived here in Serra Talhada. So much as happeed and it has been so great. We have only got another 3 weeks or so left here and I look forward to every second of it.
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