Things have been going well for us thus far in Samambaia. The church here, as well as our host families, have invited us in with open arms. We are currently involved in teaching music and English classes at the church and we are helping out with English classes and a Christmas program at the school. We attend church every Sunday and Thursday, and have young adult meetings on Tuesday and Saturday nights. This past Tuesday Dani and I "led" the young adult bible study. It went fairly well and wasn´t very difficult. It was just a short devotional and not lengthy sermon so it went fairly easily.
Oh, and speaking of lengthy sermons, that´s what we´re supposed to do tonight. We are in charge of giving the message at the Thursday night worship service. That´s right: 45 minutes, in Portugeuse. Given the fact that this is not a language that I find myself to be very familiar with (it´s coming, but slowly), this task has been placed on Dani´s shoulders. I think maybe we are going to sing a song (in english) and I´ll read some scripture (in portuguese) and then Dani will give the discourse (in faith). She is nervous about it (who could possibly blame her?), but I´m sure it will end up fine. The church here is so supportive of us that I´m sure it will be well recieved, no matter what happens.
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It´s awesome to hear that they are so supportive of you guys! It makes it feel like it was really worth your time to come, and like bridges truly are being built between cultures, hey? I have had really positive experiences in all the churches we have participated with in Paraguay so far. Hurray for warm culture people -- they know how to make you feel welcome! Blessings tonight!!!
Hope all went well yesterday
Danny I love reading your blog! Everything you are doing sounds so great, it's hard to believe you'll be fluent in Portuegese the next time we meet! I hope that you are enjoying yourself and taking in everything, but it sounds like you are (and looks like it as well from the facebook pictures lol). I'm praying for you. (PS- this is Amanda if it doesn't show up)
You are all more ambitious than I. It was a point of worry for me to bring greetings to my congregation here from back home (in Spanish). How did the service go? Way to jump right in and swim in the waters of Brazilian culture!
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