Two Concerts

We've been able to sing two concerts, one in the city and a 2nd one located about 60 km outside of Curitiba. The concert at Terceira Igreja Quadrangular was in a beautiful church with about 300 people attending. There were a lot of hugs and attempts at understanding their language. The lyrics for our music, diplayed on large screen made it possible for the people to understand our message even though the music was in English. Today, Saturday, we sang at a smaller church in Paranagua. The response was the same, many smiles and hugs. Their faces would light up when we sang Standing on the Promises in Portuguese. As far as I could see, every seat was filled---main floor and in the balconey. It was also wonderful to hear the prayers in their own language, and knowing God hears and understands, even though I do not.

The entire team ate supper afterwards at Joe Bananas ---with unending pizza brought our tables by the waiters. I know we "stood out" in the crowd. First we were Americans, and everyone knew this, but also, we paused to ask a blessing on the food. What brought the attention was the fact that 52 people sang the Doxology, in four part harmony, before we began eating.