Welcome to Brazil!

We made it! The team is thrilled to be here in Jaguarao, Brazil.

Here is Savannah to let you know how our travels went today: "Most of the day we spent catching up on our lack of sleep while we rode the bus to Brazil. But we all woke up for an amazing lunch in Minas. The scenery reminded me of southern Oregon with palm trees scattered throughout. Me and others at my table had pizza that was delish! The trip was about 9 hours! Crossing the border from Uruguay to Brazil was a snap, it was just across a river. When we got here we went out to dinner with the Pastor and her brother."




And now here is Amy to let you know how we spent our first evening in Brazil:


"After dinner most of us thought it was time for bed, but the leaders had a surprise for us. It was up to the room to get ready to do dramas in the plaza right across from our hotel (only 10 minutes to get ready!) It was a perfect night, very cold, but the center of town was lit up perfect for our performances. Right off the bat MaryAnn drew a crowd of students on their way home from school at ten at night. Our first couple of performances (along with a crowd pleaser) started to draw peoples attention, mostly high school and college age. We kept on adding more dramas to entertain the crowd which grew to almost fifty by the end (and they did not want us to leave!). Eladio was a blessing; he was able to translate our messages into Spanish. An unexpected gift from God was one audience member, Tomas, an Brazilian who was a Foreign exchange student in Chicago and had visited Las Vegas. He and his buddies were on their way to a party and decided to stop and watch us. Tomas translated prayer into Portugese and was truly a blessing straight from God, aiding us in our service tonight; everyone present knew this was a special night designed and orchestrated straight from God. Richard finished the night by calling out to the audience to see if there was any of our viewers who wished to be prayed for or to ask Jesus into their heart and be saved. All of our team went out to join in prayer in the center of our stage and at first our audience was shy to join, but they suddenly walked forward. Within moments we were very blessed to pray for many of our audience and lead most to accepting the Lord into their heart. Jerry captured the moment best by saying the angels in Heaven were throwing a party they were so happy! What a wonderful night! We are all so blessed by God to be able to speak to the people of Brazil through our dramas. Love you all and hope to hear from you soon. Amy"
I´d like to share a photo from Mary Ann´s camera to close out today´s blog. Here we are with some of the young people we prayed for in the town square tonight. Good Night!

P.S. Some of these students wanted to know when our church service would be tomorrow night:

27 Junio
La Iglesia del Evangelio Cuadrangular
en Rio Branco, Uruguay
A las 14:00-17:00 y 19:00-21:00