Been much better stomach-wise... I haven't had any more problems there. Now dealing with a head cold- bad nose and throat stuff.
Yesterday Bruno and I set off for some school meetings early in the morning. We picked up Pastor Antonio (awesome guy- pastor of a great church, and has been really helpful to Bruno and Camila) and met his daughter (Rebeca) and another guy from his church (Jefferson). It was fun to let those two try out their English on me. ...It also made them gracious with my broken Portuguese. :) We had some good meetings in a school that morning (I did the "Heaven"sketchboard message twice), then went home for lunch and to pick up Camila and Mari. Went back yesterday afternoon and gave several more meetings. I did "Heaven" once more, and Bruno did "Joe" or Chemical Cross the other times for the older kids. Good audiences, great responses.
This morning I opted out of the early morening trip with Bruno. My throat was really swollen and my nose really clogged, so I stayed home and slept a bit more. Bruno came home at lunch time and said he had some great meetings that morning, and the teacher of one of the classes decided to accept Christ, along with a bunch of her students. Awesome. We hung out a rested up this afternoon, then went back to that same school tonight around 7. They gave us the huge room where all the students could fit at the same time (probably close to 400 students), and Bruno did an awesome "Joe" message for them there. One girl came up to him at the end with tears streaming down her face- She said one of her friends earlier that afternoon told her "You really need to find God. He is the ONLY source of true life, and he would never leave you." I have no idea what her other circumstances are/have been, but she almost didn't go to school tonight. She decided at the last second to go, and was so completely full of joy that Bruno had explained the gospel so clearly. She finally understood. Ah, so much good stuff.
Anyway, it's 12;30 here and I'm getting up at 7 to do more meetings tomorrow. There are lots of young kids meetings tomorrow, so please pray my voice holds up and my nose doesn't explode. Much appreciated. :)
Love to you guys back home! Thanks so much for your prayers!!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Hab. 1:5
Past few days have been mostly good... My bags arrived soon after my last update, which I was very glad for. The poor guy delivering the baggage was on his way to drop off a wedding dress... a day late. (I prayed for the healing of his bruises he was about to receive.) Yesterday (Sunday) we hung out, walked around a park (it would be called a zoo in the states... all kinds of crazy animals running around- pics to come), then went to an open-air market to scout out places to go shopping with the team when they come.
After that we grabbed lunch, which was appaently the worst decision I've made since I got here. I ate all stuff I have eaten before, but I ended up getting really sick last night... All night. I'm a lot better now, though still a bit dehydrated and dizzy. So far I've kept down half a banana and a cup of juice. (Enough info on the sickness? I'll stop there :). )
Aside from that, I'm really glad to be here. It's so good to be with Bruno and Camila again. A bit strange to be a few countries east of Joel, but WAY far from David. Looking forward to being with my whole family again, hopefully sometime in the near future. :)
After that we grabbed lunch, which was appaently the worst decision I've made since I got here. I ate all stuff I have eaten before, but I ended up getting really sick last night... All night. I'm a lot better now, though still a bit dehydrated and dizzy. So far I've kept down half a banana and a cup of juice. (Enough info on the sickness? I'll stop there :). )
Aside from that, I'm really glad to be here. It's so good to be with Bruno and Camila again. A bit strange to be a few countries east of Joel, but WAY far from David. Looking forward to being with my whole family again, hopefully sometime in the near future. :)
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Hello from Brasil!
Hey everyone!
Just a quick note to say that I made it and all is well down here so far. My luggage hasn't arrived yet, but hopefully it will by tonight.
Today Bruno is out doing meetings while Camila and I are here in the apartment cooking and taking care of Mariana. We were told that my luggage would arrive this morning, so we stayed to receive it, but when we called to check on it this morning, they said tonight at the earliest. Hopefully that won't keep us all at home for much longer. I think Bruno and I will be giving some meetings together over the next few weeks. He is teaching me the "Chemical Cross" presentation so I can do more than just the "Heaven" sketchboard. My Portuguese is still pretty rough, so we'll see how all these meetings turn out. :)
Quick update on the VISA situation for the team- I am told that the consulate has agreed to an appointment to reveive the applications on June 4th and will have them completed on June 5th before the team has to fly out. Praise the Lord! I am very excited to have my WHOLE team joining me in a few weeks. :)
On another note, in talking to Bruno and Camila I have come to find out that they both have one more year of seminary to complete their degrees, but can't afford to pay for it. And they only have a small window of time to complete their degrees before the government will make them start over (which would be 4 more years each) to recognize their degree as official and legal to use to share the gospel (their "career"in the govt's eyes). It would cost about US$300 total per month for a year to put them both through their last classes. I would SO like to figure out how we can help them move on through this process. Any good ideas?
Anywho, that's all from me for right now. Thank you so much for your prayers and encouragement! I am so grateful to know that my church and friends back home are having a big hand in the ministry here by praying.
Love you guys!
Just a quick note to say that I made it and all is well down here so far. My luggage hasn't arrived yet, but hopefully it will by tonight.
Today Bruno is out doing meetings while Camila and I are here in the apartment cooking and taking care of Mariana. We were told that my luggage would arrive this morning, so we stayed to receive it, but when we called to check on it this morning, they said tonight at the earliest. Hopefully that won't keep us all at home for much longer. I think Bruno and I will be giving some meetings together over the next few weeks. He is teaching me the "Chemical Cross" presentation so I can do more than just the "Heaven" sketchboard. My Portuguese is still pretty rough, so we'll see how all these meetings turn out. :)
Quick update on the VISA situation for the team- I am told that the consulate has agreed to an appointment to reveive the applications on June 4th and will have them completed on June 5th before the team has to fly out. Praise the Lord! I am very excited to have my WHOLE team joining me in a few weeks. :)
On another note, in talking to Bruno and Camila I have come to find out that they both have one more year of seminary to complete their degrees, but can't afford to pay for it. And they only have a small window of time to complete their degrees before the government will make them start over (which would be 4 more years each) to recognize their degree as official and legal to use to share the gospel (their "career"in the govt's eyes). It would cost about US$300 total per month for a year to put them both through their last classes. I would SO like to figure out how we can help them move on through this process. Any good ideas?
Anywho, that's all from me for right now. Thank you so much for your prayers and encouragement! I am so grateful to know that my church and friends back home are having a big hand in the ministry here by praying.
Love you guys!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Urgent Request for Brasil!
Hey guys,
I leave tonight for Brasil, and the rest of my team from my church is meeting me down there in about 2 weeks. We have encountered a big issue though- 2 of our team have not been granted permission to SUBMIT their applications for their VISAs until June 3 -at the earliest- and they are supposed to fly out June 5! These applications CAN take only 1 day to process, but this is their busiest season, and they say to allow 3 WEEKS for processing in times this busy. PLEASE please please pray that the consulate will be compassionate on our situation and grant their VISAs in less than 24 hours to these two can come down with the rest of the team on the 5th.
I will post updates as I receive them.
Thank you so much!!!
Lizzy
I leave tonight for Brasil, and the rest of my team from my church is meeting me down there in about 2 weeks. We have encountered a big issue though- 2 of our team have not been granted permission to SUBMIT their applications for their VISAs until June 3 -at the earliest- and they are supposed to fly out June 5! These applications CAN take only 1 day to process, but this is their busiest season, and they say to allow 3 WEEKS for processing in times this busy. PLEASE please please pray that the consulate will be compassionate on our situation and grant their VISAs in less than 24 hours to these two can come down with the rest of the team on the 5th.
I will post updates as I receive them.
Thank you so much!!!
Lizzy
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