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I am back!! And a big surprise to see Cc at the airport when I arrived! Thank you for your prayers, emails and blog comments during the trip. I really miss all of you!

I hope everyone is well. For me, I am a bit disappointed that so far the most common saying I got is that “you looked darker”, not “you looked thinner”. But being as intelligent as you all are, I think you will be able to say more encouraging words when you see me in person in the next few days or through the pictures I posted.

Praise God that everything went well in Brazil. In fact, I have to say that God’s grace is abundant in the Sao Jose church there. I see a number of new Christians growing very strong and fast, as well as the bonding and love among all brothers and sisters. I think this trip was also more relax for me than my previous trips; since my senior pastor took most of the “heavy talking” and teaching. Other than preaching on 3 Sundays to different churches and congregations and leading a few bible studies and house groups here and there in the first week, I just sat back and watched what God is doing most of the time. That’s good too, since this allows me to do more reflections and thinking on the spot — regarding the Sao Jose church, MGC, and about myself as well. Hopefully I can share more about these later on.

With a full morning meeting, and a pile of things on my office desk, I do not think I can write long. But I do want to say “thank you” for all of you who were so thoughtful about Cc and Jocelyn during my absence. I am really thankful that we have brothers and sisters like you and that we are all part of His family.

And if you have absolutely nothing to do for the rest of the day, you are most welcome to take a look at the pictures taken during this trip (by Rev. Wong and Alex) — all 307 of them!

小弟將於11-28日再到巴西短宣，請為我祈禱之餘，也懇請你為Cc和Jocelyn在家的生活禱告（因我父母也會同時返港）。

故此，posts亦會大幅減少，直至二月，請留意。

Here are some photos taken from our Brazil trip. Please refer to the comments on each one.

We landed safely in Toronto this morning. Although there was a huge delay and lineup at Sao Paulo airport (2 hours of lineup just to get through custom), the plane pick up its speed and we were able to arrive only 20 minutes late.

Right now, I need some rest and a haircut badly. Fellowship time tonight.

I will talk more about the trip in the next few days.

After spending 30 minutes trying to figure out the DSL connection that this little hotel has (no one else seems to know (or care) what connect to what!), I finally got a working signal and have access to the internet.

We are doing great in Brazil (Sao Jose). Please continue to pray that our work and goals here will yield fruitful results.

Here are a few photos (click to enlarge). 

Blogging will resume in mid-May.

Peace be with you all. 

I will head for Brazil again for short term mission this coming Sat (Apr 28th). This is the first trip this year and the 4th trip of our church to São José. We have established a partnership with the local church there.

This time, Aunite Ida and myself will have 2 main objectives. One is to continue our work in the area of discipleship among the lay leaders, so that they can fulfill the task that the Lord has entrusted them. The other is to prepare for our second team (July) arrival so that they can host an English camp for the teens over there and evangelize.

Please pray for Ida and me that we will be healthy both physically and spiritually during the trip. Also pray that God will protect and take care of our families when we are away.

We will come back on May 12. 

其實早應該病了。在巴西的最後兩天已開始作感冒，是靠蜂膠頂住才沒有立時發出來。回來，又忙著Margaret和Kevin的婚禮訓勉，所以一直到他們結了婚，我終於可以放鬆了一點，那就開始病了。現在完全無聲。

這也好，大家落得清靜，我也可以奉旨不說話。