Day 2 Gloria De Deus

We stand in awe of You Lord Jesus! What an exhausting, yet empowering Day in Christ. We began our morning with a devotional; singing and praising God for always being here for us. Pastor Josue joined us and shared a word about the home life situations of the women attending today. He shared of their poverty,abuse and promiscuity, children as young as 12. This set our hearts on God's plan for each woman and our role as we headed out the village.

When we arrived we enjoyed the amazing music from Waska and the worship band. They truly move you with their love for Christ and passion for their own people. It is humbling to see such community.

We broke up into small groups and shared with each woman about our homes and our biggest fear and then they shared their own. It is unanimous that women are completely universal, suffering and fearing the same things in our lives even thousands of miles apart. They feared violence and for their children. Can you relate?

We gathered for Jenny's testimony and were touched by her honesty and faith. We then took a break for lunch.

When we returned the women from a few of the small groups allowed us to visit their homes and bless them and their families. They opened their hearts to us and we felt warmly welcomed and blessed to be allowed into their place of rest. Most of the husbands were home and we were able to pray with them present. One woman Julie had prayed for last year for a new addition to their home, because their entire family was sharing a bed. This hear Julie remembered and noticed the wonderful new addition. What an amazing testimony to God's answer to our prayers. We will visit the other women tomorrow and we know we will be blessed and humbled again.

Our bags had arrived at the hotel, praise God, so we headed back to prepare for our evening, excited that we can do some of what we planned. When we arrived back they were worshipping. Such joy filled their hearts, a joy I wish we saw more often in America. They performed a dramatization of the washing of the feet of Jesus, while they sang a song. Truly spirit filled.

We broke up in small groups and created mirrors; our activity we would have done the day before; that shows their reflection of the Gloria De Deus, the glory of God. They enjoyed is so very much; each showing their amazing creativity and the diversity of each person. They also made ice scream and that was a complete scream. They were shaking in every which way and laughing.

Barbara shared her life changing testimony. What an amazing transformation story; showing God's love affair with His people.

We thank you for your prayers for our bags, and for our safety and health. Keep praying as we end our time in the village tomorrow for heart change and pray that each of us plants Christ in their hearts for others to cultivate.

Abregado! (Thank You) The Glory of God was seen here today!

Brazil Team 2010