Newsletter Sept-Oct ´08

Hello everyone!!
We’re back!!! What?!!! When did we leave?!!! Yes… we’ll explain in a little bit…

First, we finished the teachings to the Worship Leaders in Retiro Methodist Church (RUMC) in Volta Redonda here in Brazil and when we came back from the US last week we were so glad to see how the Holy Spirit had worked in them and how the worship team is back in action! We know that God has great plans for RUMC, we see this every Sunday Service.
During the weeks in which we ministered the Worship Seminars at our church we were figuring out our next steps to take and met some people that made everything happen for our trip… yes… the trip…
We just got back from recording our 1st CD project!!!! Crazy!!! Awesome blessing from God!! Like we were saying, we met, Ron Braund and Charlie Chastain, two guys that God placed in our lives during a Mission Society’s training program in Teresopolis, RJ. We got to sit down and share our dreams, vision, and desires for our ministry in the future… to cut a very long and extremely detailed story short, we kept in touch still waiting for a GO… when suddenly we got tickets on Friday, Sept 26th to leave for Atlanta, USA on Sunday, the 28th. This was such a big surprise that we pretty much got to tell some of our friends that we were leaving the same Sunday that we were flying. HAhahah… crazy!!!
And so we did, we recorded our 1st CD entitled “Te Amo!” We had the blessing of Ron putting everything together, Charlie’s recording/ arranging/ mixing/ guitar playing wonders made everything come to life, and the most amazingly talented drums and bass players ever, Scott Meder and Joe Reda, laid the foundation down for us…
All of these guys as well as Randy Bugg, in whose studio we recorded, are servants of the Lord and it was the greatest privilege to work alongside with them. Thanks guys, we love y’all!! It was a great experience, new, challenging and difficult in many points but truly rewarding and really exciting… that’s how it goes…
And that’s it!! Praise the Lord!!! Our 1st CD!!!! We’re excited and waiting for the final steps in the process to be taken in order to have it in our hands!!!
Awesome!!!
We are so thankful to God for His surprises, also for all of you, who through prayer, encouragement, and support in many different ways, have made this possible. We are honored to have you in this with us. Thank you!
Our prayer for this CD is that these songs will prepare the hearts of many to hear the real voice that calls them to be with Him.



























Our band is called “eko”, and with you all, we will be the echo of Christ.





Love
Peace
God bless all of you!!

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Jesuan
Ariela