Greetings from Brazil. My team and I have been all over Brazil this past week. We started out flying to Brasilia from Atlanta on the 7th. We stayed there for 2 days and just rested and had prep time. Brazil is so beautiful, God definitely is a creative and imaginative God. We then flew out on Thursday to Sao Paulo, and then from Sao Paulo to Porto Alegre. We missed our first flight from SP to PA, and so we had to take a later flight, but all went well! We have been at a camp called Palavra de Viva, which is Word of Life. It has been really awesome getting to know the staff and train along side them. A lot of people here speak english, so it has been nice learning new portuguese words from the translators! God has been faithful through everything. I love just resting and seeing His creation and His awesome work. We are leaving today to go into the city of Porto Alegre and we are staying in host homes. We are going to a juvinile center and an orphanage this week, so please pray that God's unfailing love would be shown to the kids of Porto Alegre! One of the awesome things God is teaching me, is that the body of Christ is everywhere. I am so often consumed with American culture and my way of life, that I forget that God is everywhere. The staff down here are my brothers and sisters in Christ. How awesome is that! The body of Christ is present throughout the world! Praise God!
Prayer:
- A member of our team was injured, so please pray for a quick recovery and that God would heal him in His timing
- Patience in everything, as we have to have almost everything translated!
- Love for the people of Porto Alegre and Brazil in genneral
- That God would start a revival in Brazil and that He would be praised
In Him,
Stephen Hargis
