Boa tarde! Good afternoon! Surrounded by the afternoon heat, a high of 35°C. This time of the day is the hottest, hence a good nap time! The only time it cools down here is a little at night and when it rains. And when it rains, it RAINS.  Last Monday afternoon we were just finishing up the kids ministry (a VBS type event) in the community outdoor/undercover sports area when it started to rain. And rain it did! The wind picked up and we all had to move several times to escape from it blowing in and soaking all the equipment.  We must have been trapped there for 15 minutes until it slowed a bit and we could head back. Us foreigners might have showed a bit more excitement at the down pour and forgot to take good cover! But it's a refreshing break from the heat! And because of the rain that day we had to postpone showing the Jesus film that evening until the next night.

Team picture with Maria

A unique opportunity that we've been able to experience this week is door to door ministry. Victoria mentioned these visits in the last blog about the opportunity to personally visit the people in the community and share the Gospel.  Joel and I were partnered on Monday morning and one of the first visits that we did was this little old lady, Maria. Maria is a dedicated Catholic, as many in this town are, and you could tell by the pictures of the Virgin Mary on the walls of her house(a small, clay brick square). Sharing Christ's love with Maria was a unique opportunity to see answered prayer. She had quite a nasty looking infection on her foot, that had been there for 8 days. We prayed that the foot would be healed, and promised to be back the next day with the nurse from the Project. Tuesday we returned and the nurse cleaned and wrapped it. And just when we're about to leave, Maria thanked us and said that Jesus truly does answers prayer. When she had woken up that morning the swelling had gone down and the pain had decreased! How exciting!

There has been some challenges. The language barrier is a big one. But we know that the Holy Spirit is a lot bigger than that, and it's been very rewarding trusting him and giving God the opportunity to work! Thank you so much for your prayers!