Paraguay, the happiest country in the world!

Paraguay has been said to be the happiest country in the world.  Everything is very relaxed here.  One of the main pastimes is drinking Tereré. The way that the people here sit in groups, talk, and relax reminds me a lot of Andy and Barney relaxing on the front porch (from the Andy Griffith Show).

Tereré is more than just the national drink here in Paraguay. It is a way to spend time with friends and share what is going on, a source of hydration, offers natural health remedies for just about everything, is a direct connection to local history, and so much more. Sharing the same cup with your friends is a way to show that you care and you value spending time with them.

Here are some excellent videos that explain really well about the people of Paraguay and some reasons why they are happy.  We hope you enjoy these videos and learn something new.

Video #1: Happiness in Paraguay

Video #2: Happiness in Paraguay

Video #3: Happiness in Paraguay

Just a man? Or something more?

Was Jesus just a man?  Or was he something more than that?


Something More on GodTube.

Paraguay National Anthem Video

Here is a video that shows many beautiful pictures of Paraguay while the national anthem is played by a diverse group of Paraguayans.

Happy Father's Day!

We pray that you have a great Father's Day.  Please keep Jonathan's family in your prayers.  This is the first Father's Day since his dad passed away on June 22, 2012.

We pray that all fathers around the world will look toward their heavenly father daily.

Paraguay Methodist Church Celebrates 25 Years

The Paraguayan Methodist Church in Paraguay (La Comunidad Evangelica Metodista del Paraguay) has recently celebrated 25 years of existence.  Since the very first church was planted, much has happened.  Thousands of people now have a relationship with Christ.  Here is a video from The Mission Society that explains some of that history.

Also, new leadership has just been elected on January 25th!

• Pastor Pedro Magalhaes is now President and will be ordained Bishop in April.
• Pastor Alcides Garay is Vice-president.
• Pastor Dario Revelli is the new Treasurer.
• Cinthia Valdez, the wife of Pastor Eligio, is the new secretary.
  
  
  

The current Bishop, Pastor Pablo Mora (far right in the above picture), has served the church as Bishop for the majority of those 25 years.  We continue to pray that God's Will marches on in the country of Paraguay (and the world)!

It Is Because Of Love

This Physics teacher teaches his students a very important lesson... "The reason why things work is because of love".



Wright's Law from Zack Conkle on Vimeo.

An Orchestra Made of Garbage

These kids from Cateura, Paraguay (a vast landfill outside Paraguay's capital of Asuncion, Paraguay) have a passion for music, but no money for instruments. So they made them out of trash! The world's only Landfill-harmonic orchestra sounds like a million bucks!

Merry Christmas!

We pray that you and your family have a blessed Christmas! In the poem called "The Innkeeper" by John Piper, he tries to imagine what might have happened when the soldiers came from Herod to find the birthplace of Jesus. And what Jesus might have said if he showed up 30 years later to talk to the innkeeper about it. It’s fiction. But its aim is truth and hope and joy.

Where is our focus?

When we worship God, do we really mean it?

What would it look like to get the Bible in your language for the first time?

Kimyal Bible - Celebrating and Treasuring God's Word Christian Video, The Christian Post
http://video.christianpost.com/kimyal-bible-celebrating-and-treasuring-gods-word-2425/

The Stool

A great way to look at it.  Who has control in your life?

Pray for our friends in Teresopolis, Brazil

Please continue to pray for our friends in Teresopolis, Brazil.  Some of the very places that we visited were effected by the massive mudslides.  It will take the city of Teresopolis a while to recover from this.

Video from our friends:
http://www.themissionsociety.org/news/missionsociety/188/

TERESOPOLIS, Brazil - Hundreds dead in Brazil slides, search to continue
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110113/D9KNEDS80.html

 

"Consider Humanism" TV ads are a direct attack on Christianity

My wife Amy saw a commercial tonight and called me in to watch it. It was a commercial from a group called the "American Humanist Association". It is one of 3 ads from their new ad campaign called "Consider Humanism". This is the commercial we saw (the transcript of the video is listed under it):

http://vimeo.com/16535394

The site above also has the other 2 commercials from this group and the transcripts. After looking into it more, each commercial basically taking a Bible verse out of context to make it "sound bad". This is just another example of how atheist groups are aggressively making direct attacks against Christianity.

Happy Father's Day

To all the fathers out there, here is the job that God has given us. Only with God's help can we succeed.

Clayton's Story | GodTube

A great reminder that we should be worried about those around us who are not Christian.



found via: Clayton's Story | GodTube

Have a great Easter!

We pray that your relationship with God has grown closer this Easter than the last.

Here is a great Easter video we thought you might enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-r-M_dORk0

Praise God! He makes all things new!