Brasil: Day 4

The four of us drove about 45 minutes into an area of Sao Paulo that we hadn't seen yet to do a Sunday morning house worship. This area was a very run down and poverty stricken area and I wasn't expecting that many people to show up, but God surprised me and 10 people showed up for worship! Even though it was all in Portuguese, it was awesome to see these people who have so little worshipping the Lord with all that they have. At the end, they took up an offering and Brian told me later on that people gave over $100 and one of the guys in the group was going to give it to someone in the building who was having a hard time and needed the money. It was so great to see God working through them.

After we got home and had some lunch, Lauren and I went for a walk/run in this cool jungle type park nearby. When we finished with that, we came back, took a nap, then got started for the next house worship. About 8 people came tonight and among them was this adorable couple, Mary Jane and Romo. Mary Jean is from Wisconsin but graduated college and moved to Chile for a year where she met Romo, who is actually a Brazilian but was in Chile at the time with some friends. They fell in love and although it took her awhile to get her visa to come to Brazil, she finally did and they got married. Three months after they got married, when they were living in Mendoza, Argentina, she unexpectedly got pregnant and 10 months ago had a beautiful baby boy named Caleb. They were so sweet and invited me and Lauren to go to a juice bar and treated us to some amazing Acai and Passionfruit smoothies. It was awesome being able to talk with them and hear all about their incredible adventures.

Lauren tasting the acai smoothie.

I think one of the coolest things about today was being able to see God work in two different types of house churches. The first one this morning was with very poor people but they were so happy and were so willing to give their money to other people in need. Then the house worship tonight was wonderful too because even though the people there were more wealthy, they still had the same cheerful attitude and gave so much back to God. Lauren and I have loved seeing how God has worked through Jacqueline and Bryan and getting to meet all of the people whose lives they have impacted.


7 days until America :)


Besos xoxo