2010 Mission Trip Overview

Our group will join some other volunteers in Brazil to work with CMU ministry and build a church. This will be our sixth church to build with CMU.

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.

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."

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Day One

As many of you know, our travel was rough (canceled flight, stranded, no sleep, etc) BUT we are glad to announce WE MADE IT! 

Today marked the first day of the building process!  We were pleasantly surprised to see that the Brazilians had done some of the work prior to our arrival.  This is great because we have only 3 days to finish the church instead of our usual 4!


After 3-4 hours of sleep, we hit the ground running and started bricking.  Its weird how you really dont think you have the energy to keep going but God always gives the boost you need.
Helena worked on making sandwiches while Brant and I began the bricking process.....we had great help, Janderson (Brant's best friend and Brazilian pastor) worked along side us.





During lunch times, we discussed the town of Codo (where we are building) and how it is the capital of witch-craft in this state.  This will be the first church built in the state of Maranhao by CMU (our mission organization) so we are honored to plant this seed.  This will be the third Baptist church in Codo...and the congregation is already at 150 members...that is AWESOME considering they had no building to meet in. 

After eating, Helena, Brant and I went into the town and began to invite the Brazilians to our Dedication Night this Thursday at 7:30pm (5:30 Texas time).  We did not pass out the toys that were donated and hope to do this tomorrow. 




Helena and Onielda (Brazilian translator) worked with the girls that were hanging out around the work site....making bracelets that symbolized the process of salvation.


The main drink that Brazilians have is called Guarana and it is pronounced:  Gwad-a-na ....its more popluar than Coke.  Well, while we were walking around, we stumbled upon this brand of Guarana!  "Jesus" Guarana!  The rest of the day, I was telling the other Americans that they could have the "Spirit of God inside of them"!  ;-)







Well this concludes todays post..please pray for the dedication night on Thursday!
Posted by Brant at 1:19 PM

1 comment:

  1. ChrisSeptember 13, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    I'm glad to see you guys in action. I will continue to pray for God's blessing of your work.Thanks for taking the tome to keep everyone updated.

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