Missionary Sunday!

Here's a snapshot of how Sunday rolls here in my part of the world...

Ok, here we go!

It's Sunday school and here are two girls 
that participate in my class.

After Sunday school we meet for choir practice 

(teens and adults).

Two hours before the evening service...
we have Sunday afternoon orchestra practice!

Well, I call it orchestra. It's basically all recorders with one student on a flute. There are three students starting violin this year and one on the clarinet.  Slowly but surely we'll build, right?

Each week (usually during orchestra) I listen to each recorder student play a short song through the Recorder Karate method.

And....each week they work to advance to their next level...earning colored ribbons representing their achievement. 

Yellow Belt!

Green Belt!

We also have a youth choir that meets after orchestra.
 Here they are singing: Lugar Santo/The Holy Place 

(not actually sure of English Title & sorry, no video).

The girls and I also sang a special: Adoro a Ti

Looks like I'm teaching him flute, huh? Wrong! Though I own a flute, I am by no means a flautist! The Lord gave us a unique and gracious blessing in providing this student with a professional teacher that lives in a nearby neighborhood. In the few weeks of lessons, he's really doing well!

Thanks for "reading" through my pictures. What do you think?   Are your Sundays full like mine? I would love to hear about where the Lord has placed you! 


May the Lord be honored and glorified through each ministry. Hope you gave and received a blessing today!

What did you do today?

Great question! Here's todays' snap shot:

THURSDAY:

8:00 Get on the road!

9-12:30     Portuguese class

1:30-2:30 Grocery store run/ Last minute food prep

3:00 – 4:30  Female Personal Trainers from my 

"just women" gym 

Over for afternoon coffee!

4:30-5:30 Work out

5:30- 6:30 Shower/dress

6:30  Piano Lesson: Bible college student

7:00 Piano Lesson: Bible college student

7:30  REST!

7:45 Piano Lesson: Wife who's husband is studying for the ministry

9:00 Practice Piano/Get ready for Video Recital

10 something...do my portuguese homework for class tomorrow!

Sorry--didn't get anymore pictures today. Would love to show you who these other people are. So thankful for the opportunities to minister and point friends to Christ.

Everything is Lent

It was back in high school, in a Bible class on a weekday morning, that I was first impressed that nothing was mine. The simple pronoun “my” was actually the first clue to see that that “thing” was actually—not mine. 

Everything, in fact, is given and lent to me for a season. My hands, my arms, my eyes, my school books, my time, my parents, my family, my belongings….it’s an unending list.

So, God lends people and things for a season; He may also take these things away. But for every season, for every person, all are gifts from the Lord and require that I remember to be…..


thankful.