SUNDAY

The day began with an e-mail from our Senior Pastor, John Hershman, who informed us that our Associate Pastor, Fred Spivey, had died. In our morning devotions we all shared about the many ways Pastor Fred had touched our lives and encouraged us in our faith. We prayed for Bev and Seth and our home congregation, so far away--and for Pastor John as he informed the congregation of our great loss. We prayed for one another and asked the Lord to guide our footsteps throughout the day.

Since the Brazilian church does not have services on Sunday morning, Rachel Pina took us to the Open Market. There we found hundreds of little shops filled with handmade goodies and we shopped for gifts for loved ones at home. We ate lunch at a lovely restaurant in the Market, and celebrated our bargains on the way back to our hotel that afternoon.

On Sunday evening Marlyn spoke at the church from Luke 15. The building was full with both men and women, and most of the women had attended our conference they day before.