Yesterday we were blessed to be a part of their wedding day.
It took place at a government building in front of a justice of the peace. It was a big deal. A lot of Brasilians prefer to live together instead of actually getting married. It's very common. So these guys are great examples of wanting to do it God's way.
Benay, Leni, Paulo Renato and I went to pick them up at their house and take them to the justice of the peace. Benay and I were also blessed to be asked to be the official witnesses to their wedding.
Before I go on I need to share that on Tuesday Benay, Leni and Bronwyn went and picked up Daiana and took her to buy some new clothes for the special day. The house church that meets in our house used our tithe from Sunday to buy those clothes. There was money left over and so they gave it to Daiana to get her hair fixed as well as her nails. I don't think she had ever had that done before. When we picked her up yesterday she was, literally, smiling ear to ear.
After the wedding we took some family (blood and spiritual) pictures.....
On the way, Benay and I were blessed to hear our Brasilian brothers and sister talk about how much of a blessing God's family is and how they are more connected with God's family than their own blood family. Isn't that the way it is supposed to be? Benay and I just smiled as we listened to the conversation.
Please pray for them as they continue to be a light to their kids and to their neighborhood.
A new house church was started in their house just two weeks ago. Our brother and sister, João and Clarice, are helping Everton and Daiana as they plant this new house church with hopes of reaching many of their neighbors with the good news.
We will have a religious ceremony/celebration at our house on Sunday. We hope to post some photos of that day as well.
God is doing so much good stuff here. It's going to be hard for us to leave next week for our visit to the United States.
2 comments:
Wow! I'm a little breath-taken....the two of them looked absolutely great! So happy :) God's amazing. And, just a side note, we're (the Aggies) all excited to see you guys in Dallas in October!
With Love,
Chelsey
this is our first furlough... kinda weird to be leaving for more than 2 weeks. any advice?
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