Beaches Museum & History Park

Wedding Day

Wedding

Igreja Videira - Vine Church

Reception

Our Wedding

E não somente isso, mas também gloriemo-nos nas tribulações; sabendo que a tribulação produz a perseverança, e a perseverança a experiência, e a experiência a esperança; e a esperança não desaponta, porquanto o amor de Deus está derramado em nossos corações pelo Espírito Santo que nos foi dado. Romanos 5.3-5 ...e assim se iniciou essa historia de amor, na convicção de que a esperança nunca desaponta. Aprouve ao nosso Senhor e Salvador Jesus unir dois corações transbordantes de esperança Nele. Ao encontrar o solo que precisava, o Espírito Santo derramou amor...amor por Jesus, amor pela Igreja, amor um pelo outro.&nbsp; Ainda em Recife, no raiar de um dia comum, o Espírito Santo acordou a Melissa com uma suave voz que dizia: voce vai pra Flórida no dia 04 de novembro. Ela comprou a passagem e arrumou sua mala vermelha para passar sete semanas na cidade de Fort Myers.&nbsp; Algumas horas antes de ir pro aeroporto, ela recebeu uma ligação de um obreiro da Videira de Jacksonville, a convidando pra dar uma semana de aula no seminário pastoral daquela cidade, assim que chegasse nos Estados Unidos. Ela fez uns arranjos de última hora e desviou sua rota inicial.&nbsp; O que a Melissa não sabia era que o Espírito Santo estava fazendo alguns arranjos na Flórida também. A mesma suave voz que a alcançou em Recife, havia direcionado o Luiz – que já morava na cidade de Jacksonville - a marcar férias na mesma data. Mesmo não tendo mala, o Luiz havia programado pras suas férias algumas frustradas tentativas de viagens internacionais. Sem mala e sem passagem a única programação disponível pras férias dele era assistir – como aluno convidado - uma aula de Historia da Igreja com os alunos seminaristas da Videira de Jacksonville... Ele apareceu no terceiro dia de aula e quando ele entrou na sala ela soube imediatamente que o destino final daquela viagem era ele. Foram anos e anos regando o coração com esperança para que na primavera a semente do amor pudesse florescer. A tribulação havia produzido perseverança, a perseverança experiência, a experiência esperança e a esperança o amor...a nossa historia de amor. In Hope we find love... 

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Romans 5:3-5 &hellip; this is how our love story began, with conviction knowing that our hope never fails. Our Lord and Savior Jesus was so pleased when He united our two hearts overflowing with hope in Him. The Holy Spirit found good soil to pour out love... love for Jesus, love for the Church, and love for each other. During an ordinary day, while Melissa was still in Recife, the Holy Spirit woke her up and spoke with sweet voice saying, “You will go to Florida on November 4.” That was exactly what happened&hellip; Melissa bought the ticket, packed her red suitcase, and flew to Fort Myers to spend seven weeks in the city. However, few hours before going to the airport, she received a call from a pastor in training of the Vine Church in Jacksonville. He invited her to give class for the seminary students. She accepted the invitation and her plans was to stay in Jacksonville for one week before going to Fort Myers. What Melissa did not know was that the Holy Spirit was making some arrangements in Florida while she was still in Brazil. The same gentle voice that spoke with her in Recife, also spoke with Luiz in Jacksonville. The Holy Spirit led him to decide to take a vacation from his job on the same days that Melissa was going to be in Jacksonville. Luiz tried to plan some international trip during this time, however all of his plans were frustrated. Therefore, without having his suitcase or his ticket to travel, the only plan for his vacation was to attend - as a guest student – a Church History class, with the seminarian students of the Vine Church of Jacksonville. Luiz showed up during the third day of class and as soon as he came into the classroom, Melissa immediately realized that he was the final destination of that trip. After years and years of watering the heart with true hope, in the spring the seed of love could finally flourish. This tribulation produced perseverance, perseverance&hellip; experience, experience&hellip; hope, and hope&hellip; love ... our love story.

Luiz & Melissa

Luiz & Melissa

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