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Day 2

Today in Terra Boa, we visited elementary and high schools and did services for the children. These services consisted of games, worship, a lesson, a drama, and most importantly loving on the children. 

The elementary children were quite interested in our lesson, and participated greatly. They loved the attention we gave and the excitement was everywhere.  It's humbling to experience the love and acceptance they had for us knowing it was us who came here to manifest Christ's love to them. With every hug and smile, we too are reminded of the love that flows out when He is moving.

The high school was quite different. It was difficult not to become discouraged at their disinterest and mockery of our efforts to share Jesus with them. We constantly had to tell ourselves they've never been taught any different, and their actions were the very reason we were there. Our hearts grew for these people, and we longed to see them seek Jesus. Our prayers for them became intense and continuous and results were evident by the end of the evening. The last group of high school students we ministered to were more attentive than the previous groups. Although very few responded, we are sure that many seeds were planted. The quietness and thoughtfulness of the final service was motivating. The elementary children had an eagerness and hunger for Christ that wasn't being suppressed by pride and insecurities in the lives of the high schoolers. 

Jesus is working greatly in Curitiba and it is exciting to see the hearts being drawn towards him.

Day 1 (Sunday)

So the plan was to do a "video blog", or "Vlog" as they call it in the biz...
but......since the interweb is a wee bit slow.....you get text my friends :)
So here's what's happened so far:
We arrived at the "Fazenda" yesterday about 4.  Unloaded, had dinner, and got settled.
The fazenda (lodge) is on the side of a mountain & beautiful.  I'm sure there are more descriptive words I could use but we'll go with beautiful for now.
This morning (Sunday) we went to a local Church @ Jardim Paulista.  Along with Hope & Life Church from Snellville, our team led worship, ministered through a drama, and shared testimonies about our mission for the week.  We were a little crunched for time but it came together in a great way!!!
In the afternoon some of the team went for a hike and some rested.
As I write this, we just finished with the worship service @ Pastor Jorge's Church.  The band led worship:  AWESOME!  Cody Boydston & Maci McCart shared their testimony: AWESOME AS WELL!!!  Mike preached from Psalm 18: DOUBLE AWESOME!!!

So....it's been a great day and we are about to head out for dinner. We have an EARLY morning tomorrow....we wil be in the public schools all day tomorrow sharing the gospel with the kids.  We would love for you to pray for us all day!

Love you guys!

Leaving

Our Brazil Mission team flys out Friday April 1 @ 2 pm.  Please pray for the team and check the blog April 2 - 10 to see what God is doing in Curitiba Brazil.