We had a good turn-out on Saturday for the Community lunch especially from the service side of things. A lot of the time it falls to my husband and Jaciara, one of the older single women at church, to cook the beans every other Saturday for our free lunch. They usually get to the church building around 6 am to do the cooking for our noon Friendship lunch. This time, however, we had seven Brazilians come early to help cook and prepare everything. Matt, Jaciara, Russell, and Mary Virginia were there of course. Anailson who is a visitor at our church brought his mother, Anna, and both of them helped served our lunch. Genivalda who is a professional cook came early also. Genivalda is thinking hard about becoming baptized and this is a good opportunity for her to get involved. Marcelos is a new Christian who enjoys our English program and lives in the neighborhood. Senhor Messias always comes to serve bless his heart. The next day when our family got to church an hour beforehand, Senhor Messias was already there. And then there was Bruna. Bruna is our 11 year old neighbor who loves to participate in the lunches. She helped serve beans, take care of Aubry and when everyone left she sang on the stage. In serving together many friendships were made and strengthened.
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