Aj and Barbara Hensley
C.P. 1511
Caraguatatuba, São Paulo 11672-300
e-mail: ajcaragua@gmail.com
skype:ajcaragua
Phone:011-5512-3888-4189
blog:http://ajandbarbinbrazil.blogspot.com
Dear friends,
As we are writing we are looking forward to the New Year--"It's here" weather we are ready of not. Are we going to be able to meet all the resolutions we have undertaken for the new year? Are we going to do more for the Lord, work more in the Church? All these things we can do if we are doing the will of the Lord. So the question is not will I be able, it is am I seeking the Lord's will for my life and letting Him direct my life.
The last few weeks I have been making notes for a message I would like to preach---"Who He chooses to use", and as I am looking for the references I will use --it struck me--how He had chosen me. It is just totally awesome in that He would allow me to be a part of His ministry here in Brasil. How great and AWESOME is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It just goes to emphasize a point--God's way of thinking is not the worlds way and not ours either.
Well, hopefully the Christmas Season was good to you. I don't know why it can't be Christmas all year round. During this season I have been privileged to preach two times in our home Church and enjoyed the honor. We have had no snow here in Caraguatatuba but we have had an unusual amount of rain and it is not the rainy season. So when it is raining I just sit there thinking "If it were cold this would be snow". Then I think boy how it would be so cold and laugh a little bit because I am hot. But no matter how hard I try I can't get totally into the spirit without snow. But you will have to come visit us to experience this feeling.
We are in a project in the main Church this month. We are remodeling the women and men's bathrooms and making a nursing room for the 4 new babies in our Church. We have 3 girls and 1 boy, isn't this an AWESOME way for a Church to grow!!! We are looking to finish this project this week or the next. Speaking of projects, are you and your Church looking for a project to do, well look no further, we seem to always have projects and no money or help to do them. So maybe you would like to plan a trip down and include one of our projects in your plans. When we get home on furlow maybe we can get together and talk about what skills you have and plan your trip.This season has really taxed our transportation abilities. After the bus broke(died is a better word) we are challenged in our means of transport. Our van(16 passenger) has had as many as 36 people on board. We just prayed that the police would look the other way when we passed and not stop us to count heads.But the other day they took my license plate number(so I'll be getting a little card in the mail). Pray with us to be able to buy a bus. The other day while I was making the route the van was full to bursting and there were several people waiting, when the people saw that I was full several of them just turned and went back home. So you can see the desperate need for a bus. Our Sunday School attendance is down at least 60% since we don't have a bus. We also need prayers for the maintenance of the bus when we get one. The majority of the roads that we travel are not paved roads so the vehicles take a great beating. Anything that vibrate soon becomes a maintenance problem(i.e. shocks, mufflers followed by tires and batteries and electrical problems) but that is just another day. Here it is not uncommon to have to help push a vehicle,yours or someonelses, but through it all God is AWESOME.
The construction on the dormitory has been put on hold this month as we are doing the remodeling at the Church but soon there will be block making and block laying going again. I hope to have the walls done when we leave on the 5th of Feb. And if there are funds left, then the brick layer and the student will continue the work.
We will be in the States and be visiting several Churches, if you would like us to visit your Church let us know and we will do our best to get there.If not start planning now to come visit us when we get back to Brasil.
In His service,
Aj and Barbara
C.P. 1511
Caraguatatuba, São Paulo 11672-300
e-mail: ajcaragua@gmail.com
skype:ajcaragua
Phone:011-5512-3888-4189
blog:http://ajandbarbinbrazil.
Dear friends,
As we are writing we are looking forward to the New Year--"It's here" weather we are ready of not. Are we going to be able to meet all the resolutions we have undertaken for the new year? Are we going to do more for the Lord, work more in the Church? All these things we can do if we are doing the will of the Lord. So the question is not will I be able, it is am I seeking the Lord's will for my life and letting Him direct my life.
The last few weeks I have been making notes for a message I would like to preach---"Who He chooses to use", and as I am looking for the references I will use --it struck me--how He had chosen me. It is just totally awesome in that He would allow me to be a part of His ministry here in Brasil. How great and AWESOME is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It just goes to emphasize a point--God's way of thinking is not the worlds way and not ours either.
Well, hopefully the Christmas Season was good to you. I don't know why it can't be Christmas all year round. During this season I have been privileged to preach two times in our home Church and enjoyed the honor. We have had no snow here in Caraguatatuba but we have had an unusual amount of rain and it is not the rainy season. So when it is raining I just sit there thinking "If it were cold this would be snow". Then I think boy how it would be so cold and laugh a little bit because I am hot. But no matter how hard I try I can't get totally into the spirit without snow. But you will have to come visit us to experience this feeling.
We are in a project in the main Church this month. We are remodeling the women and men's bathrooms and making a nursing room for the 4 new babies in our Church. We have 3 girls and 1 boy, isn't this an AWESOME way for a Church to grow!!! We are looking to finish this project this week or the next. Speaking of projects, are you and your Church looking for a project to do, well look no further, we seem to always have projects and no money or help to do them. So maybe you would like to plan a trip down and include one of our projects in your plans. When we get home on furlow maybe we can get together and talk about what skills you have and plan your trip.This season has really taxed our transportation abilities. After the bus broke(died is a better word) we are challenged in our means of transport. Our van(16 passenger) has had as many as 36 people on board. We just prayed that the police would look the other way when we passed and not stop us to count heads.But the other day they took my license plate number(so I'll be getting a little card in the mail). Pray with us to be able to buy a bus. The other day while I was making the route the van was full to bursting and there were several people waiting, when the people saw that I was full several of them just turned and went back home. So you can see the desperate need for a bus. Our Sunday School attendance is down at least 60% since we don't have a bus. We also need prayers for the maintenance of the bus when we get one. The majority of the roads that we travel are not paved roads so the vehicles take a great beating. Anything that vibrate soon becomes a maintenance problem(i.e. shocks, mufflers followed by tires and batteries and electrical problems) but that is just another day. Here it is not uncommon to have to help push a vehicle,yours or someonelses, but through it all God is AWESOME.
The construction on the dormitory has been put on hold this month as we are doing the remodeling at the Church but soon there will be block making and block laying going again. I hope to have the walls done when we leave on the 5th of Feb. And if there are funds left, then the brick layer and the student will continue the work.
We will be in the States and be visiting several Churches, if you would like us to visit your Church let us know and we will do our best to get there.If not start planning now to come visit us when we get back to Brasil.
In His service,
Aj and Barbara
