Hello Everyone!
Today we woke up to rainy, cloudy and cool weather. It was great for a field trip day!
First, Sammy took Jessie, Jason, and Risa to the leather factory in Bom Retiro for a tour. The owners are Lizandro and Jackie Vasques. They were led to the Lord by Sammy in the early 2000s. Jesus restored their marriage, they became cell group members with Sammy/Marcia and are active participants in worship ministry etc.
A cool recent thing is that in October 2009, he quit a good paying job in a factory as a dept supervisor to obey God's prompting on his heart to start his own factory...and now 8 of his 16 employees are from the church. The other 8 aren't christians...yet!
Then Sammy took us out to go see the dam outside of town.The dam is where Hope Chapel holds their baptisms which happen four times a year.Consider, yourself lucky that you Maui folks are baptized at Kamaole 3!!!
Close to the dam is a piece of property owned by the church. We were able to explore their property and visit God's creatures by hanging out with the pigs, cows, and dogs. Currently this property is used for baptism celebration parties, youth nights, and church gatherings. The vision that Sammy and Marcia have for the property is to create a boarding school to provide a nurturing and God-centered education disadvantaged children.
We returned home to shower and clean up since we smelled like animals... Christen made a wonderful taco dinner and served ice cream for desert for Risa, Jessie, and Vini. She is an excellent hostess! Vini was our special guest who came to visit from Lajeado, also a previous Worship Intern from 08-09 at Hope Chapel, and we all enjoyed his company! It was a fun time of fellowship.
Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, "The Lord reigns!"
-1 Chronicles 16:31
From the Team
Jason, Jessie, Risa
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