I went to church last night in Lapa (an area in Rio very much like Bourbon Street in New Orleans). A Igreja Batista Farol da Lapa (The Lighthouse Baptist Church of Lapa) is an amazing place with incredible ministries -- they minister to the homeless, prostitutes, transvestites, drug addicts, alcoholics, and anyone else that we would consider "down and out." During the Christmas season, they partner with several churches to throw a party for a certain number of homeless. Everyone comes in, the homeless people are able to take a shower and they receive a change of clothes and a new pair of shoes. There is a worship service and after the service everyone participates in a banquet as equals, for we are all equal in the eyes of the true King.
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