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I know it is actually day 5. but here is the recap of day four of our team’s journeys in Brazil. Giving the recap: Holly Smithwick, Andy Six, and Jeremy Armstrong.
We’ve been having a blast here! We had a great day of ministry yesterday and today started off with a bang as we had the privilege of worshiping this morning at Templo Batista Biblica here in Jacarei. Here’s a few shots of yesterday and today.
Sam Cirrincione sharing his testimony with translator Patrick McClure.
Our group singing in Portuguese and English at the favela (slums).
Our team doing the drama called “The Woman”, which is about finding hope and peace in Christ in the midst of a chaotic world.
This drama is called “King of Hearts”, which is about how we all hide beyond masks but Christ helps us realize who we can be in and through a relationship with Him.
I had the great honor of preaching at TBB, the first church I worshiped with in Brazil in 1998.
Our CPC team with some of the staff and members of TBB hanging out after church.
All in all, it has been an incredibly fruitful trip thus far! God has multiplied blessings here. The best highlight so far: our team leading 9 people to Christ last night… IN PORTUGUESE! It was awesome.
Keep praying for us. Hopefully the next update will be by Tuesday.
Hopefully I will post a video later, but I wanted to give a quick update of today…
First of all, the rest of the team is on the way!!! We can’t wait to see them. We’ve done our best to help Russ and Diane Dean prepare for this week. Here is a shot of our team in the airport:
Today was pretty cool here in Brazil. Why? COPO DO MUNDO!!! For those of you who have no idea what that means, we’re talking about what Brazilians live and breathe — the World Cup! Things were crazy here: horns, fireworks, chants and cheers could be heard for miles. It was great to experience a game with the Brazilians. Here is a picture of Erin and April with some of the folks from IBABI (one of the churches we are ministering with this week) cheering on Brazil during the game against Portugal:
We ran some other errands today too. Preparations for food baskets for the impoverished neighborhoods are quite extensive, as well as preparing for 24 Americans who are staying for a week! Also, Diane and Russ took some extra time discussing missions and ministry with the early team. It was absolutely fantastic and very helpful to have their input. All in all it was a good day.
Blessings!
We had the whole team contribute to today’s recap… Quite a humorous operation.
