Archive for July, 2007

ImpactKids FUNFEST!

There is no word to describe how was the ImpactKids FUNFEST today!

It was so much fun! It was so much blessing! It was so much awakening… new opportunities, new lives, new kids, new passion!

It was such a blessing and privilege to be part of this amazing team that runs ImpactKids. I can’t bless anyone by myself… I can’t do something good for someone by myself… At the end of the day, everything is about the Amazing Grace of God, that allows us to love and bless people. It’s all about to be loved by God, be blessed by Him, and love people and be His hands, feet and blessing to the people.

As we learned this month at Hillsong Kids: O-T-H-E-R-S, Others! Others! :P It’s all about to see that there are people with (much) more problems than divorced parents (Yes, my parents are divorced, and it’s not good, in any ways)… and to know that we can do something! God saved us to change lives. God didn’t save us to be happy in our churches, singing, having fun together, worshiping God… God saved us to change our lives and empower our lives to CHANGE other people’s lives! It’s not us… It’s the Holy Spirit that dwells in us that does it, but anyway, this is our call! To disciple people, to be witnesses, to bless people, to heal people, to change history and to make history.

Like Jesus, we will find people needing help, like the man Jesus healed in John 9. And sometimes people will ask (and sometimes we will ask), “why does this person have this problem? Was it because his own sins or because his parents’ sins?”… specially if you work with kids, sometimes you will ask, “why does this kid has this problem? What did their parents do? What happened in his family?”. And the answer is clear, “It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins, This happened so the power of God could be seen in him. We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work. But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.”… Did you read that? Did you really read that?

God gives you people with needs, and the people don’t have their needs because they are worse than you and me. It happened so the power of God could be seen in them! This is so amazing!

But the power of God will be seen in the people only if we carry out the tasks assigned us by THE ONE who sent us. This one is Jesus. He is the light of the world, and because of His sacrifice, WE ARE the light of the world.

The people is needing. While some people stand to ask stupid questions like, “who sinned? Where is the problem with this person?”, who will stand to be the light of the world? Who will stand to say, “this is not because of their sins, this is to show the power of God in their lives”?

I will.

Beautiful BBQ day… :)

Today was an awesome day!

We had ImpactKids this afternoon (as usual on Wednesdays), but today we had a big BBQ on the park, with games, and fun things. We had 25 Teen Mania people helping us, and this helped a lot!

I first visited some kids, and then I went to the park just to play with them and have fun. I was praying for a (really special) boy that we didn’t have the address… actually, He has three different addresses, but we didn’t have any of those. Before my team went to visit the kids, we prayed for some things, and one thing was this boy. And guess what… We met on the streets, and I got his address now! And he went to the park and we played together with more kids. God is so beautiful! :)

We also had new families and a (special) new boy. He is really awesome! He will be a great blessing for a lot of people… I don’t think he knows Jesus today, but I’m sure he will start being a huge blessing this week. I first met him two weeks ago, and we met today for the second time, and it was so good to play with him and to talk to him a little more. I am glad to be a blessing to such special people as these… God’s grace is so everlasting over me to allow me to live with these kids and to be a blessing to them. I don’t deserve it… it’s such a big thing for me… God is so precious… He is the best… :)

Well… we will have another BBQ tomorrow, and guess what?! It will be more than twice as blessed as today! :)

After the BBQ I watched “Amazing Grace” with the Church… It was good, so good… I met some friends (young friends… :D ), and after the movie I ate something with Saulo and Ana… It was good…

God is perfect. He loves me so much! And I love Him, because He loved me first…

Be blessed in the name of Jesus!

God’s dreams…

“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
They cannot be numbered!
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!”
(Psalms 139:13-18 – NLT)

It’s so good when someone you like dreams a good dream about you… it’s a pleasure to listen this person talking about the dream he had. But I’ll tell you something… how amazing is the pleasure of knowing that the Creator of the Universe dreamt about me before He even created everything!

I can’t even imagine God writing each single day of my life in His book… His thoughts, His smiles, His big dreams… I can’t even imagine how was His face while He was sharing His dreams about me with the angels…

I don’t know why the Creator of the Universe loves me so much… I can only accept this amazing love and grace, and live His precious dreams, and try to love Him as best and as much as I can…

“How precious are you thoughts about me, O Dad… they are innumerable! I can’t even count them!”

I love you Dad… because You loved me first… I just love You……