Our Good News.....Nossas Boas Notícias

                        We are very happy to share to our family that we are engaged.
         Nós estamos muito felizes ao compartilhar para nossas familia que ficamos noivos.

We met over 2 years ago, when I was on a missionary trip through Central and South America.

Nós nos conhecemos mais de 2 anos atrás, quando eu estava em uma viagem missionária pelo Central e América do Sul.

At the beginning of this year, we started a long distance relationship.

No início deste ano, iniciamos um relacionamento de longa distância.

During the first week, we talked about the vision that God has given us for our lives, and were surprised to find out that they were the same. This was one of many confirmations we had during our first week.

Durante a primeira semana, falamos sobre a visão que Deus nos deu para as nossas vidas, e fomos surpreendidos ao descobrir que eles eram os mesmos. Esta foi uma das muitas confirmações durante nosso primeira semana.

We decided that we needed to be together and I moved to Brazil in May.

Nós decidimos que precisávamos de nos conhecer (melhor) e passar tempo juntos,  eu então me mudei para o Brasil em maio.

In October, Juliana is going to the same missionary school I went to in Africa, and I am headed back to the United States.

Em Outubro, Juliana está indo para a mesma escola missionária que fui na África, e eu estou voltando para os Estados Unidos.

My blog is transitioning into our blog. Juliana will be writing blogs in Portuguese about what God is doing in her life. I will be continuing to write what God is doing in my life.

Meu blog está passando para ser o nosso blog. Juliana vai escrever seu blog em Português e estará falando sobre o que Deus está fazendo em sua vida. Eu vou estar continuando a escrever o que Deus está fazendo em minha vida.

Once the school in Africa is finished, I will be returning to Brazil. We will begin the ministry and life that God put into both of our hearts years ago. We have both waited patiently for each other over the years and God made our miracle relationship come to life. We know Pappa is doing the same for the ministry He has given us. 

Quando a escola na África estiver acabado, eu  irei voltar para o Brasil, e juntos vamos sonhar com casamento e iremos  começar o ministério e a vida que Deus colocou em nossos corações por tanto tempo   esperando pacientemente  um para o outro ao longo dos anos e Deus fez nosso relacionamento (milagre) vir à vida. Sabemos Pappa está fazendo o mesmo para o ministério que Ele nos deu.

Missionary life!! Welcome to our life.

A vida missionária !! Bem-vindo as nossas vidas.

Pretty Little Bows

I have been blessed to volunteer with some missionaries during my stay in Brazil. I like to minister in one of the communities, "favelas". I have learned a lot from them and the people in the community. I hope I have been able to bless them both too.

One of my favorite things to do, is to visit with people in their houses or on the street and share the love of Jesus. A couple of weeks ago, I went with two other missionaries to visit with guys that traffic in drugs. We walked around the streets, praying and declaring things in the Kingdom of God to be in the community as it is in Heaven. This is not hard to do and doesn't demand relationship. We asked God to lead us as we didn't have specific people to talk to. 

We met up with a few guys. The last guy we met up with was a young man. We didn't know it at the time but he didn't have much time left. Two weeks later, I would see him on the street again, lifeless. It was a shock to me but not to the streets. 

I wonder, if we would have known, if we would have been more urgent? I wonder? I would like to say that he gave his life to Jesus that day we shared with him and prayed with him, but he didn't. He was tolerant of us but always gave us a look like I've heard this before. It was a look that wanted relationship but too many people just talked it but didn't walk it. There's a war going on. Just turn on the television, they will show you. We need to wake up. Matthew 9:37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few

We like to put pretty little bows on everything we do as the Body of Christ. We give our selves so many excuses not to do things because of grace, because of our past, because I don't have any money, because I'm not called to do it, because of ..... and the list goes on. We rarely rebuke anymore because "that's not love". At times, I feel all alone in my beliefs. Are we to put pretty little bows on things because we have a Daddy who is this loving mom? Don't we have this loving Daddy who will kick us in the butt too? That's love too, right? It is if you know who you are in Christ and don't take a victim mentality. As believers, we start in victory

I didn't want to put a pretty little bow on this. Blogs are always telling people the successes. We failed to enter into a relationship with him. We didn't have a sense of urgency. I'm sure God was telling us. We didn't listen.