JEMS South America mission was blessed by the presence of Rianna on our Argentina-Brazil survey team. She had been invited by the Bastos Holiness Church in São Paulo state to share a hula performance with the congregation during our visit there. But along the way, we discovered that hula would be a wonderful tool to teach, to engage and to be the basis of ministry.
One of the first things to be taught was the word was spelled and pronounced, Hula, not Ula. (The initial H is silent in Portuguese causing people to mispronounce the word).
An impromptu hula workshop in the city of Marília
The full hula performance in the city of Bastos (low definition video) and an opportunity to share testimony.
A high definition excerpt of the above hula presentation can be seen here:
Rianna was also invited to lead a hula workshop for a dance class in Bastos (2 videos)
Hula performance in Presidente Prudente.
and São Paulo's Bosque church.
Bonus! Presentation of poi balls (a form of dance from New Zealand) in Caraguatatuba.
While hula is a beautiful and graceful art form, it also offers a wonderful opportunity to express worship and adoration to the Lord. Thank you, Rianna for sharing with the people of Brazil.
My prayer is that the arts: dance, theater, music and other art forms will become a part of the outreach of JEMS South America in the years to come. 2013 was a wonderful beginning.
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