Hello
Today we had our first worship service, it was good. We knew most of the songs, but they were not in english so we just kinda hummed along. We are all getting pretty good at being able to read and pronounce words, even if we dont know what they mean, so singing was not to hard.
I had one reader today, it was very interesting. His name is Peret, (pay-hay) he has studied english for 26 years, and says he has no religion. It was one of the best bible studies I have probably ever had. He does believe in God and Jesus. We decided that we would just read through Luke in the NIV because the work books are very simple. Peret brought up many interesting points about science and religion, this surprised me because he has a literature degree and focuses on learning different languages. I never thought that i would ever connect schrodingers cat or quantum mechanics to the bible. Another thing I enjoyed about Peret was that he was real, he lived life like he could die any second. I dont mean like wild and live for the moment but, I could die right now, or I could die walking down the stairs, or he could die riding his motorcylce. You cannot know when its over so you have to be real about living life, I think that sometimes christians live like they will live till they are old, then they will really focus on Jesus, but you need to focus on him now. Peret is an english teacher and he said he may be able to send us a couple more students, so we are almost full with 15 readers each; which is a good reason to Celebrate.
Monday and Tuesday are our days off. We are very exausted from reading with people and helping out with the missionaries english classes. Although it can be very tiring to have to concentrate on every word someone says, it is also very rewarding when you are able to laugh and joke with your new friends.
So our first week of work went very well and we are looking foreward to the next 5 weeks. Thanks for your support. We will probably write again sometime, but you never know. haha.
-TSL RODAVLAS
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Rest well. Glad you guys have lots of readers. Praying for you and them!
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Know that we bring your team, your readers, and the church before the throne of God each day...several times a day. So glad you have full schedules. Also hear you have lots of invites from your readers to see the city. That's so much fun. Be safe. Be wise in your decisions. Remember to keep yourselves strong in your personal relationship with your Master. We love you all and thank you for sharing yourselves with the wonderful people of Salvador, Brazil.
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