June brought us the excitement of watching our 2nd World Cup from Brazil! And in 2014 the World Cup will come here to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!!!!
The city will host people from all over the world, and we are praying and seeking God's will on how we can minister and evangelize in the midst of the excitement and chaos!
Along with all the World Cup excitement in June, came a short-term team from Iowa. This team included people from 2 different churches in Iowa.
Ryan arrived 3 days before the rest of the team to see the different ministries here in Rio. He was able to speak at the youth at Recreio Celivre and to jump in and teach a little English at a local school here in a community called Cesar Maia where Jeff and I are teaching English with Atuacao Voluntaria (mobilizing professional volunteers) alongside Celivre Recreio.
This relationship with Cesar Maia was a result of Celivre Recreio reaching out to a community after the torrential rains we experienced here in April. God continues to grow these connections and many Brazilian churches are beginning to network and get involved here in Rio.
The Iowa team's mission was to encourage the missionaries at CENA in Sao Paulo. They accomplished this goal beautifully AND SO MUCH MORE!
They touched the lives of so many homeless, hurting and lost people of Sao Paulo! They performed skits, cooked meals for the homeless, shared the Gospel and had a children's program for the street children! They preached, they cleaned matresses, hosted a woman's tea for prostitutes, delivered a sewing machine for sewing classes for prostitutes (a special thanks to Jackie Passer!) delivered beautifully-sewn baby quilts to the daycare (a special thanks to the women at JEFC!) and made a taco feast for the staff at CENA!!! They prayed with the prostitutes, drug addicts, transvestites and CENA staff!
Take a look HERE!
God used this team to be the hands and feet of Jesus!!!
Serving together,
Di
Di
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