PRAYER

Here are a few things to be praying for right now:

-I am still around $500 short of my total need. Please pray that God provides the necessary funds however he chooses, as I leave in a week and a half.

-After three weeks of calling, I finally got a human being on the phone from the Brazilian Embassy. The problem is that I was issued a 30 day Visa, though I am scheduled to be in the country 31 days. (I sent copies of my airline tickets with my application, so this was either a mistake or simply a denial of the extra day on their part.) I explained my situation to the person on the phone, and she bluntly replied that I will have to go to the police department in Sao Paulo when I arrive in Brazil and request an extension. If they "feel" like allowing me to stay the extra day, I will be given some kind of permit that will allow me to leave the country a day later. If they choose to not give me this allowance, I will have to change my flight home, accruing an additional cost of $700, and causing me to leave while the rest of the team from RCC is still there doing ministry.
Please pray that God will soften the hearts of the people I end up dealing with there and that they will allow me the extra day.

-Please be praying for the people who will hear the gospel for the first time, and for those who will come to understand it for the first time. Pray that God will draw many to himself, using Bruno and Camila, the rest of the RCC team and me however he chooses.

-Above all else, please pray that God will be glorified in each situation that comes, and that we will fully submit to his leading in every circumstance.

More to come... Thank you so so much for praying!!

In His grace,
Elizabeth