The XM ChallengeLast Sunday Night – The XM Challenge https://www.rickbergen.net Help Plant 1,000 Churches Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 169531157 Last Sunday Night https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=129 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=129#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:50:00 +0000 Rick Bergen http://www.rickbergen.net/2012/11/23/last-sunday-night/ Last week-end we closed off the mission property so we could host a Women’s retreat. From Friday night to Sunday night the women prayed, ate, heard sermons, received council and prayer, and reflected on their lives. Sunday night the week-end ended with our church service. I gave my camera to one of the young guys, who walked around during the service and took photos. Here are a few of my favorites.

When the FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament was hosted in South Africa in 2010, Ivanildo bought a TV and a dish so he could watch the series. He also bought some fireworks, to celebrate when Brazil won the World Championship. Brazil did not w

in. The fireworks were not lit. Every so often Ivanildo would take them off the shelf, look at them, and wonder when another suitable occasion would come. Here in Northern Brazil, lighting off fireworks in someone’s honor makes them feel really special. Last Sunday, when the Ladies finished their Encounter Week-end, Ivanildo brought up his box of fireworks and lit them off as the Ladies were entering the church.

These friends of ours travelled 13+ hours by bus Thursday, helped lead the Women’s Encontro Retreat Fri-Sun, and then at 5 a.m. got back on the bus to ride 13+ hours home again. And they over R$100 each, a large sum in their economy, to get to help like this.

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