Last night Paulo’s brother, age 22, died of cancer. They are a family that lives in the middle of nowhere (Cajueiro Claro), and from what I could understand, he was diagnosed with some kind of throat cancer, but never did anything about it medically. His death came as a shock to the family.
Paulo is one of four children who prayed to accept Jesus into their heart this week. After a year of coming to Living Stones, the children are beginning to put together their thoughts and understanding about Jesus. After a morning devotional, one of the kids asked, “So what do I need to do to be a Christian?”
After Jasmin prayed, she looked up confused and asked, “Now that I am a Christian, can I play games?” We laughed and said she could, but it shows the thought process and deep desire to learn that the children have.
It is interesting to watch the dynamics as the kids interact and explore. The next day, Flavio asked Paulo if he had obeyed his mom. He froze and thought about it, knowing his answer was supposed to be yes, but it wasn’t true. After giving a hesitant “no, I didn’t obey my mother,” we talked about forgiveness and beginning again.
This is where it is at, learning from square one. Kids don’t have any pretenses. Please pray for Paulo and his family as they deal with the death in the family. Two of the other boys (also named Paulo, interestingly enough) lost their grandfather this week as well. He died from drinking.
Rachel and Paulo, whose brother died.
Paulo, whose grandfather died.
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