No Reason Under the Sun to be Here in This City....Except the Son....

Today our three teams were joined together as we met at the Sao Paulo airport!  The Rio Trio + The Sao Paulo Seis + The CENA Cinco = The Ótimo Onze!  (The Optimum Eleven)

We have already had numerous opportunities to share about the hope we have in Jesus Christ out on the streets.

Several minutes ago on the street, I spoke with Eleana outside of our hotel after she asked one of my teammates for the half-gone bottle of water he was holding.

I told her that although the water would satisfy her now, there exists someone who is called the "Living Water" who can satisfy for eternity.

She asked for money, so Jeff and I walked with her down to the corner store and bought her some food.  We shared with her about the yellow house (Casa Amarela) here in downtown Sao Paulo where she could find help to leave the streets and help to find a better life---a valued life that God created her to have.

Unfortunately she declined my offer, but now knows that the Casa Amarela here in downtown Sao Paulo is a place that she can find hope and a future if one day she makes that decision to leave the street.

Although we are in a place that seems hopeless and dark, I awoke this morning with great hope, anticipation and faith that we will see God do AMAZING things through the OPTIMUM ONZE this coming week!

Privileged to be serving,

Diane, Jeff and the Ótimo Onze