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Yesterday was both Feliz Pascoa (Happy Easter) and my dads birthday. You read that right - my dads birthday. Both my stepdad and my dad have the same birthday - long story which will not be told here…

We did two services here - the early one (9 AM) was in English. It was okay. In a Baptist church and honestly - didn´t feel like all that much different than when I was 10.

The evening service was altogether a different story. All Portuguese, all the time. The showed clips from the Passion of Christ to start the service - and they weren´t PG clips either. Very moving.

The service was good. We thought the pastor was preaching up a storm - then someone told us he was reading the bulletin.

The highlight was singing Come, Now Is The Time To Worship in both English and Portuguese. And Because He Lives. You´d never think that Bill and Gloria Gaither could be so cross-cultural, did you?

Evening was topped off with Brazilian Hot Dogs and cafè. If you thought I was a coffee snob before this trip - I am only getting worse.