Brazil visit 5, post 4

One of my favorite Brazilian foods is called "doce de leite, or sweet milk." In its commercial form it is like a very dense pudding. Yesterday I bought the organic, natural variety which is far different, not nearly as sweet, although it tastes good with cinnamon sprinkled on top, and more of a liquid than a solid. Last night was invited to a Brazilian BBQ at a home of a Christian family. They had steak and sausage with garlic bread. One of the secrets seems to be a coarse, granular salt which the meat is rubbed in before cooking. After grilling it is sliced into little strips which people eat as they come off the grill. We had about eight adults and five children. One phenomenon which i have witnessed a number of times is that it was the pastor who slaved over the hot grill and not the owner of the house. This is a good example of servant leadership. Afterwards i shared some on the importance of prayer, particularly for married couples as this group were all married. Many years ago i read that only 1% of Christian couples in the US who pray together regularly ever get divorced whereas in the general population as many Christians as nonChristians divorce. As I have mentioned in previous visits 90% of the translators that help me are doing this in public for the first time. They have some level of English but have never actually translated for someone. Last night God blessed me with a far more skilled translator who eventually told me that I did not need to pause so often. Today we return to Espera Feliz for the midday meal, and later return for the general meeting of the church where i have been asked to preach the Word again.