Well it is ay 6 in Brazil and I think I can say I have met my daily dietary fiber goal for life. We have had black beans and rice with every meal besides breakfast.  But don´t get me wrong - the food is great. 

Today we met with Wilson Bonfim, the director of Evangamed, a medical mission in the slums of Rio.  He is also a key person in mobilizing the lay people in the churches in missions.  One of the keys to the success of the Rio conerence is their empowerment of the people to follow their calling.  God has called eveyone to something that will impact the world for His Kingdom, but so many times we relegate all the calling to clergy. 

We attended the Central Methodist church in Teresopolis (The City of Theresa) last night.  It was quite an experience.  Some of our group participated in the service.  Todd and I helped lead worship.  I was on congas and Todd played and sang.  Luckily we were rescued by their very talented praise band.  The Brazilian methodists know how to rock.  But just like American churches they too had trouble with their projector and powerpoint!  The spirit of the people here is amazing.  Their were literally about 600 people on a Thursday night (which is not their usual worship time) crammed into a gutted out industrial building - no air, no cushioned seats, but much energy. 

I am writing this from the office at IMFORM the Missions School we are staying at and the internet connection is very slow (I just found out that there whole network of 3-4 computer is run off of one cell phone!).  So I will hopefully have some video of a waterfall we went water sliding on uploaded once we get to the hotel in Rio, but for now here is one photo of us in Teresopolis. 

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