Grupos caseiros

Have participated in two home group meetings in recent nights.Thr first was in an apartment building with about 15 attending, a mix of generations. Worship was prominent as the host and leader also leads the musical praise at the church. We also read through and discussed Ephesians 1, and,Ephesians 6:19-20. I mentioned regarding the latter passage that while Paul prays for the Ephesians 4 times in this letter, this is the only time that he asks for prayer. His request seems odd because he prays for boldness in preaching the gospel, and one thinks that this is a major strength of Paul's. Yet his request for even more boldness illustrates how important he thinks preaching the gospel is. The second home group was in a different setting outside a modest home in the stackable, white plastic chairs that one sees everywhere in Brazil. No one had an instrument so no musical praise. I was asked to share which I did without a translator, which is always challenging althougj the brethren are patient with my grammar and pronunciation. I spoke a little about trials from James 1:2-4 since I was experiencing a significant one. After I finished, encouraged the people to share which several did. It seems there is an immutable law that in any small group there is always at least one who has something to say about everything, and those who won't say anything.