Tue 16 Mar update from Tom M in Brazil

Had a couple of nice hard rains in the evenings that cooled the night but by day it's still quite hot.

Yesterday (Monday) after tiring but good meetings we went to the Shopping Dom Pedro to buy Brazilian goodies (coffee, candy, etc.) then back home and to bed around midnight. Brazil is a nocturnal culture...seems like thing really come to life here around 8pm and wrap up around midnight....gets tiring but it's FUN!

Rolled out of bed at 7:00 for a 7:45 ride to bfast at Romana in Cambui with Pierre (Interclass) to talk about exchange programs as an option with CMF, the US based churches and the church here.

Been meeting today since 9 with a lunch at Strog & Noff...good stuff and lots of it...no need for supper tonight.

It has been exciting to hear the plans for the growth and multiplication of the Koinonia Christian Church here.

Some of the outcomes/take aways from our time here are as follows:

* Learn about Community Health Evangelism as the method for Neighborhood Transformation
* Desire for more teams to come to enrich the Kingdom nature of church growth in Brazil.
* Two of the pastors to come to the NACC in Indy in July.
* How we can help with the training and disciple making throught this and future church plants.

I will start my journey home tomorrow...has been great to be back in Brazil...the sights, sounds and smells have transported me back to our days as missionaries here. But it's GREAT to see the growth of More and Better Disciples here!

Will make one last post tomorrow. [Tom M]