Day Four August 6th, 2011

Day 4 8-6-11

 Today was by far the most tiring days of them all! I got up as early as possible with no alarm clock to hop on the computer. With all the people here, it is tough to find the computer open except for in the early morning. After computer time, breakfast was served! I had the best scrambled eggs I have ever had this morning. Penny mixes Lawry's seasoned salt with everything and eggs are no exception! Marvelous taste in the mouth! After breakfast the team and I helped Pastor Tom get his yard ready for a sports day for all of the area's church youth. We cleaned his bathrooms, picked up random trash, smoothed out the lawn bowling court, and filled in muddy holes in the soccer field. This whole time the ladies were preparing food for the night's festivities. Around 10am the youth started showing up. Lets not kid ourselves, all they wanted to do was play soccer. So we played for at least 4 hours with lunch in between. They can really play well! I was very proud of myself. I was able to make 2 shots on the goal! With my skills, its a minor miracle... I mentioned lunch. What a treat lunch was! A hot dog trailer came and parked in the driveway and began making the most delicious hot dogs you will ever taste! He stuffed hash browns and ketchup and mustard in a HUGE bun with the meat and pressed it in a grill. Then they are served flat. They were so, so good! After the kids left we did some minor cleanup and got ready for dinner. Three doctors and their wives were coming over to eat and listen to music from the new music team that just arrived. Boy was this a feast! We listened to music after dinner. By the way this music was top notch! 6 person family that all plays brass instruments well together. They will be performing tomorrow at church as well. Anyways, after the music, Tom, Penny and their son Shane all gave their testimonies to the guests (all of whom are not saved). It was all in Portuguese but it was still very good for me. I'm starting to understand some reasons why Tom and Penny have such a beautiful house. One of which is maybe they choose to take the avenue of hosting dinners to wealthy people to share Christ with them at their home. Where they probably would not come if they didn't live in such a nice house. Just an idea to throw out there. I'm looking forward to getting to know the new family that just arrived to play music. The son's name is Chip who is my age and is attending seminary school in Kansas. Can't wait for great conversation with him as well as the rest of the family! Side note: please pray for my relationships with a couple Brazilian guys who I just met today. Their names are Ezekiel and Joanie. Both are 17 years old and both like to speak as much English as they can so they are grilling me with questions. Joanie doesn't have many friends and I don't know if he is saved. Ezekiel is saved seems to be a great role model for Joanie. Pray for the proper avenue to take to share Christ with Joanie. I would much appreciate it! Another side note: Basically none of their words end in consonants. So everyone calls me Erikie. Kinda funny. God Bless!

Hot dog stand

Pastor Jimmy giving his testimony while Tom translates