O, happy and tired am I...on the eve of another adventure...
(The following was meant to posted last Friday.)
We´re home again! That is, back in the city where we were born...a Cidade Maravilhosa, Rio de Janeiro, River of January. We more or less laid low the last few days in Contagem, Minas Gerais. The mission work we did with Street LIFE was good--and intense, and tiring. I can count on one hand the times I´ve slept in past noon this year, and Monday was one of those times.
So we flew into Rio today, and tomorrow we fly to Rio Grande do Sul to meet Fabiani Medeiros and family and church!!
But first, pictures.
Me and some translators! We had a great time talking together. They were invaluable members of the team.
The first Sunday David and I went with the team to a Baptist church. The team led worship, preached the word, and prayed for the congregants afterward.
Praça Sete: the busiest downtown plaza in Belo Horizonte. The team led worship, conducted skits, and called for people to commit their lives to the Lord and receive prayer.
In front of this brothel we did the same thing as at Praça Sete. I couldn´t believe how much business that place got--I counted 7 men exit in 15 seconds from one of the two entrances.
Some team members here are standing in front of a rehabilitation center in the city of Contagem, where we also ministered.
Ye Olde Trailer. This guy carried equipment everywhere for us.
Dave praying for a fella at the rehab center
Wednesday night we had worship and teaching at the YWAM base in Contagem--with everybody living on the base. Here are a few youth from the Church of Grace and Peace doing a skit.
Thursday was churrasco (Brazilian grill-out, sort of) and leisure day. Here´s David having leisure.
This is what I mean by churrasco. yummmmmmmmm.
The next day we went to a favela that has a mission for kids. Here are a few houses in the favela.
A view of the city from the favela.
Many hangings of Scripture decked the walls of the mission.
Some kids. Some, if not all, receive help from the ministry.
Corredores do Reino (Runners of the Kingdom) is the name of the ministry. This ministry teaches the things of God kids who usually have dead, absent, or imprisoned fathers; tries to prevent the kids from getting into drugs (drugs being the reason people in the lower part of the favela don´t go up to the higher part); offers after-school tutoring; provides meals to kids who wouldn´t eat otherwise; conducts athletic programs; and teaches computer skills. I learned all this as I toured the house the mission operates in. The pastor there is a runner, and he recently took a couple kids to Rio for a race/marathon. That news was the straw that broke the camel´s back--tears came to my eyes when I saw all that this ministry was doing for these kids.
We went to another rehab center on Saturday. There´s a skit the team does to Free by Steven Curtis Chapman--at one point everybody jumps up in "freedom" from sin. Dave caught on might quick.
We´re home again! That is, back in the city where we were born...a Cidade Maravilhosa, Rio de Janeiro, River of January. We more or less laid low the last few days in Contagem, Minas Gerais. The mission work we did with Street LIFE was good--and intense, and tiring. I can count on one hand the times I´ve slept in past noon this year, and Monday was one of those times.
So we flew into Rio today, and tomorrow we fly to Rio Grande do Sul to meet Fabiani Medeiros and family and church!!
But first, pictures.
Me and some translators! We had a great time talking together. They were invaluable members of the team.
The first Sunday David and I went with the team to a Baptist church. The team led worship, preached the word, and prayed for the congregants afterward.
Praça Sete: the busiest downtown plaza in Belo Horizonte. The team led worship, conducted skits, and called for people to commit their lives to the Lord and receive prayer.
In front of this brothel we did the same thing as at Praça Sete. I couldn´t believe how much business that place got--I counted 7 men exit in 15 seconds from one of the two entrances.
Some team members here are standing in front of a rehabilitation center in the city of Contagem, where we also ministered.
Ye Olde Trailer. This guy carried equipment everywhere for us.
Dave praying for a fella at the rehab center
Wednesday night we had worship and teaching at the YWAM base in Contagem--with everybody living on the base. Here are a few youth from the Church of Grace and Peace doing a skit.
Thursday was churrasco (Brazilian grill-out, sort of) and leisure day. Here´s David having leisure.
This is what I mean by churrasco. yummmmmmmmm.
The next day we went to a favela that has a mission for kids. Here are a few houses in the favela.
A view of the city from the favela.
Many hangings of Scripture decked the walls of the mission.
Some kids. Some, if not all, receive help from the ministry.
Corredores do Reino (Runners of the Kingdom) is the name of the ministry. This ministry teaches the things of God kids who usually have dead, absent, or imprisoned fathers; tries to prevent the kids from getting into drugs (drugs being the reason people in the lower part of the favela don´t go up to the higher part); offers after-school tutoring; provides meals to kids who wouldn´t eat otherwise; conducts athletic programs; and teaches computer skills. I learned all this as I toured the house the mission operates in. The pastor there is a runner, and he recently took a couple kids to Rio for a race/marathon. That news was the straw that broke the camel´s back--tears came to my eyes when I saw all that this ministry was doing for these kids.
We went to another rehab center on Saturday. There´s a skit the team does to Free by Steven Curtis Chapman--at one point everybody jumps up in "freedom" from sin. Dave caught on might quick.
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It's great to hear what God is doing in Brazil. :-)
*sending e-hugs your way :-) *
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