Week two!

I can't believe I have already been one week in Brazil. I am so in love with this country already and I can already see God's anointing on this trip.

We worked for three days in Ricardo's old school, The Armando School, where we showed a video which addressed the struggles youth have such as addictions to drugs, alcohol, porn, the bad self image and the pressure that comes along  with high school. It showed how Jesus' love set them free and healed and restored each teenager. After the video each one of us took turns sharing the gospel and a testimony from our life of how God had given us complete freedom. 

We had over 50 students wanting to accept Christ, and over 1,000 students ages 10-18 heard the complete Gospel and of Jesus' love for them. 

We had one girl, we will call her B, she came up at the end of the session and was talking to Ricardo, she showed him the cuts on her arms and talked about the painful past she had had and how today had changed her.  She came up to us and hugged us all and said "You saved my life." 

The next day we were at the school she came up to us girls and gave us a letter she had written in Portuguese, Ricardo then translated it for us and it read...

"God sent you here on this day, even on my birthday. You girls saved my life and even though I don't know you I can say that I love you. May God continue to bless your time here in Brazil. Thank you, B" 

I mean what a testimony. I feel so humbled, so privileged, that God is using me to touch peoples lives through His word and that He allowed me the opportunity to travel to Brazil so that I could meet another one of my beautiful sisters in Christ who have been changed by God's impacting love. 

We are in Rio De Janeiro now, working with one of the bases in Borel which is a slum/favela. Here we are working with the different ministries they have like the kindergarten & soccer school, and are also going to be renovating a "house" for one of the staff members. Her house is full of mold and the ceiling & walls are both falling apart, as well as leaking. We are hoping we can fix the problems so that she can live there safely and happily.

I don't have my laptop with me, so uploading pictures is limited, but I will try to post as many as possible! 

God Bless you all, thank you for your continued prayers and support! 

Eliana