New Location

When we started our church here in Joao Pessoa, our first several services took place in our living room. But quickly an opportunity arose for us to move the church to another location. We jumped at the opportunity and moved to this little restaurant called Casa do Galeto (translated, house of chicken). The restaurant was small and extremely simple, but it provided a roof over our heads, tables and chairs for us to use, and a place that could comfortably hold more people than our living room. Plus we thought that if it did not work out, we would soon enough find a better place to move to.

Well after nearly a year and a half at Casa do Galeto we are praying about whether it is time to move on or not. The problem is that things are never so simple. As a small church we really do not have an excess of people that we can afford to leave behind anywhere. And as we look at this potential move we fear that we would be losing a few members who live close to our location and do not drive. Plus, finding a better place could be very expensive and our tiny church has a small budget to say the least. Personally, my heart always wants to be near to where people are hanging out. But here in JP that would mean being near the beach or along the main street in town, both of which are really very expensive.

A strong option that we are really considering is moving our church back to our apartment. It offers an easy, comfortable location that is already equipped with everything we need for our daughter Sarah. We can have people come over and hang out, turning our church into more of a cozy home fellowship. In fact, we have thought that a move like this could help build a greater intimacy among the members of our church, which is one of the main reasons we want to move.

With all of this in mind, this week has been dedicated to much prayer about this issue in order to find our exactly what the Lord has for us. Please join with us in prayer about this potential move.