Homecoming

Well, the time has finally come! Luciana and I are coming to the States to visit. We have talked about it several times, but had issues with my permanent visa for Brazil and so I could not leave the country. But now everything is worked out with my visa and we are [...]

Scouting out the Land

Two weeks ago Luciana and I took a scouting trip up to the Northeast of Brazil, to a city called João Pessoa.  This is the city that we are planning on moving to at the beginning of next year to start a church.  We first went there on our honeymoon and really liked the city as [...]

Children’s Day

October 12th in Brazil is Children’s Day.  Here in Brazil it is a special day for children to have fun and do something special since some of them don’t have that opportunity growing up in very low income homes. So one of the projects here connected with the church in Campo Mourao is called [...]

The move

Well, we officially made our move from Curitiba back to the Bible College in Campo Mourao.  We arrived here on the 15th and got all moved in that night.  After a long last two weeks in Curitiba (we had a week of outreach with a team from Calvary Chapel, San Luis Obispo, a church retreat, [...]

The search begins

So our church here in Curitiba, Vivendo em Cristo, has been in a building for over two years now. They found this building a few years ago that is owned by another church, but that church moved out to rent a bigger place. So it seemed great. Unfortunately the leaders did not [...]

The month of June

So after the busy month of May, our head Pastor, David, will be gone for one month, visiting friends and family back in the states.  So for the four weeks that he is gone, I will be running thing here at Vivendo em Cristo.  This last weekend was the first weekend of his trip, and [...]

The busy month of May, Part III

Well, I wanted to write one last short update on what we did during the month of May. To be honest, what we did was really simple…we had a youth bowling night! Whoa! What a revolutionary idea! I know, I know…simply amazing. But down here in Brazil, they are [...]

The busy month of May, Part II

So while Pastor David and I were at the Pastor’s Conference in Campo Mourão, a YWAM team from Australia arrived here in Curitiba to do their outreach. The team, doing a DTS in Newcastle, Australia, just finished their schooling part of the DTS and were coming to do their practical portion in South America. [...]

The busy month of May, Part I

So things here at Vivendo em Cristo (this is the name of our church in case anyone was confused) have been super busy this month! It started with the Calvary Chapel – Brazil Pastors Conference the first three days of the month in Campo Mourão, at the Bible College. The conference was amazing. [...]

Carnaval Retreat

Every year in Brazil, probably the biggest event that occurs (rivaled only by major soccer tournaments like the World Cup) is Carnaval. This is Brazil’s version of Mardi Gras. It is carnal; it is sensual; it is one huge, wild party. Most Christians choose to not participate because of the nature of [...]