Mountain top experience

Saturday we had another fine adventure. We left around noon with the Fins family to head to Teresópolis, which is a mountain region about 90 minutes or so from Rio. It was a miserably hot day (to me at least). When we left home, the heat index was 116, although it was only about 88 on the thermometers. It was just plain old muggy. As we climbed the mountain (via car, of course) you could feel the temperature dropping, even with the air conditioning going. It is a beautiful drive. We stopped near the top and took a photo of us with the "Finger of God" mountain in the background. There was also an interesting Christmas tree made entirely of the two litre plastic coke bottles.
The real treat, however, awaited us at the home where we went. It was lovely, as were all the surroundings(see the natural fountain to the right - no pump, just run by the force of the mountain stream), but what we went for was to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the chapel they have built. I could just kick myself for not getting a good photo of it, as it was the cutest chapel I have ever seen. It is built on his property and they have worship services every Tuesday night. They have 60 people. He has also built a church (just like the chapel) in the village nearby. It will soon be a church, as it is still a congregation at this point.
The chapel was just packed out on Saturday (especially since about 50 people came from our church here in Rio). After the services, Klaus set off fireworks, as we does at every anniversary of the chapel. The kids (me included) ran to see and it was quite visual, I can tell you. It was a great deal of fun. I was so impressed to see someone so committed to evangelism and willing to invest so much time and energy to share the gospel. It's been a long time since I've been to a service where so many people had to stand up for lack of room. We returned home quite late and very tired (after midnight), but felt the experience was worth the sacrifice. We should always shoot of fireworks, if only in our hearts, when sharing the good news of Jesus Christ!