Introductions

This is our seventh year to join other volunteers in Brazil and build a church.

When we arrive, there is usually a concrete foundation and supports for a roof. During the week, we will brick all of the walls and put on a roof. In our spare time, we will go out into the community and invite families to attend the church dedication on our last night. This is also a time we can minister, pray, and fellowship with the Brazilians. This year we will have the opportunity to conduct a VBS and share the gospel with the children.

In past years, the dedication service has always been such an awesome time. The church is usually overflowing with many having to stand outside. During that time, the Word of God will be preached and some will make decisions that have eternal consequences. It has been such a privilege to be a part of what God is doing in Brazil and to help CMU with their mission.....

"to build churches to the glory of God where the gospel will be preached, lives will be changed, and people will be saved until Jesus comes."


Friday, August 17, 2012

Dedication Service




The Dedication Service is always the best part of the trip.  When we arrived, the whole town was there waiting for us.  There were also other churches from other
towns that the team had help build....they traveled to be a part of the grand
opening. 


Hilda
led a song with the kids, "God is so Good".  They sang it in English and Portuguese.  They also had a full band and we enjoyed
hearing many of the songs we knew sang in a different language.  Chuckie, the CMU leader, even played the
drums!





















Samantha led a brief testimony about the importance of
service.  You do not have to be a foreign
missionary in order to be a missionary! 
All these people can be missionaries in their own town.  She shared how the most important part of a
CMU mission trip happens after the Americans leave and the Brazilians minister to their own.           











The church was completely
full....people flooded the streets just trying to get one glimpse of the
service.  Teenagers from another
CMU-built church came and sang during the worship; Brant knew some of these girls
from a prior trip when a church was built in their town. 














The church dedicated a plaque
with our names that will always hang in the church; we also received hammocks,
t-shirts with our names & straw hats! 
It was like Christmas!!! 









Leaving is always very emotional.  Brant noticed that more kids cried this year
than ever before.  We told our new
friends that we would see them again someday in Heaven.
















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