Here in Brasil memorial day is in November. Our church planned a big luncheon. The only prerequisite to come was you had to invite some one, starting with members of your family that were not saved. People got on the ball. It was really exciting to see every one going after the visitors. Many members invited whole families to come. The day was fantastic, and the weather was just perfect. We could not have asked for a better day. After lunch folks just set out in front and talked and those that we not to tired or full played volleyball and soccer. The children enjoyed the park and the trampling. It was a time of refreshing and fellowship. The last ones to leave, left at 8:00 pm.
One of our main goals is to reach out to families in our community. Unfortunately many homes are one parent homes. Thorough our church we want to bring these families close to our church family. With this we also want to introduce the family development center. We are working on our library and also putting together projects to help these families through encouragement and also with their needs. We will have studies done by our social worker, of each family to see where they need help. We also plan on teaching adults to read that have never had a chance to go to school. Since Garça was an area where coffee was cultivated many families grow up picking coffee therefore lived on farms and had no access to school. Now in days school buses pick the children up and bring them to school. That was not possible 20 to 40 years ago. So there are many people in there 40s and 50s that do not read or write. Please continue to pray for or new plans. We thanks all those who keep in touch and also thanks you for your prayers and support. God bless each of you. Enjoy the pictures.
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