A Taste of Brazil

Thomas, Agnes, and Melissa Schneider were in town this weekend. I first met the Schneiders in 2002. I just arrived at Grace Church in Little Rock as the new youth pastor and a group was taking off for Brazil that November. So I went. It’s been 7 years, 4 more trips with dozens of students later and I can’t wait to go back.

We’ve watched each other kids grow up through email and pictures, catching each other whenever they are stateside. There are some people you meet once and your friends forever – that is the Schneiders.

My Western Hills family got to meet 3 of the 5 this weekend. What a blessing for me to see the connection between the two.

Let me quickly preach why we’ve stay connected to them.

They are about seeing teenagers meet Jesus.

They are about reproducing leaders who love introducing teenagers to Jesus.

They are about serving their community schools with educational programs they couldn’t otherwise afford so they can introduce teens to Jesus.

They are about serving and helping small, local churches do youth ministry so they can introduce teenagers to Jesus.

They are funny and cool as heck.

I think that pretty much sums it all up. Some of favorite pics of the weekend.