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message on my cell phone
Tonight a pastor from a distant state sent me a message on my cell phone. He is opening up a new work in a shanty town. Shanty towns are what we call in Portuguese "favela" IT is an illegal occupation of a terrain in large cities, where dwellers often have to live without any basic infrastructure, such as water, sewage, electricity, garbage collection, mail, etc.
This one is no different. Over the years we have worked in many favelas. The pastor wanted to know if one of our churches could recieve a offering to buy them a car battery so they could hook up lights for services on a regular basis...The cost of a battery is about 80 dollars. Even though we had took up a young peoples offering, a childrens offering and a special offering for a sister and her son that has to travel to another state for a medial exam we were able to raise almost ten dollars on the battery.
I thought as I read his message and begin to weep how blessed we are. How blessed America is...
May our lips shout with praise our hearts bubble over with joy that among earth´s millions we are the BLESSED ONES...
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