Clenildo, Angelita, Steve, Elba, and Thiago - Clenildo and Elba are part of the Leadership Team for the Brazilian churches and Thiago is our new friend who drove us everywhere in Rio!
I had the opportunity to travel to Rio de Janeiro last week. Yes, a little outside my normal travel schedule here in Brazil.
However, I did have a blast!!
I went there with the leadership team from our region and we were able to have a great time. There were meetings for the Vineyard church planting movement in all of Brazil. I was along as a supporter and encourager for the church planting here in Brazil.
It would have been great to be able to take my family along - but we are in that season of life when it is expensive and inconvenient to travel as a family!
There was a couple of days of meetings for the leadership team and then a church planting conference (InterVinha) on the weekend. It was great to meet with others and have alot of informal time to meet and converse. The time flew by!
The whole time was really an excellent way to build relationships and reinforce our values. It is also encouraging to see others who are facing some of the same challenges in other parts of the country.
The trip was well worth the time it took for helping the relationships develop and mature. it was great to make some new friends and deepen the old friendships!
Clenildo, Elba, Roger from Claifornia, and Milton from Baura - São Paulo during a leadership meeting
Rick Bergen, Celso from Belo Horizante - Minas Gerais, and Mark Fields, head of Vineyard Mission - USA.
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