Pelo Sinal

Today we travelled on the truck/taxi (turnip truck, as Monica calls it) to Pelo Sinal. We were able to use the local Catholic church for Diego to his tricks. How about God using the Catholic church as the setting where tons of children prayed to receive Christ?! Very cool.

Lunch was at the house of the vice-mayor of the city. This woman welcomed the May group as well. She is Catholic and apparently the leader of the church. (They don't have a priest right now.) Pastor Carlos has established a relationship with her and has been teaching her about the Bible. She has a 4 month old baby who she wanted to be dedicated to the Lord today! By Pastor Carlos! It was so neat to see how the Lord is moving in that city. This lady is so close! It will be a BIG deal if she receives Christ. Pastor Carlos and Airton have said that it is truly a miracle that she has welcomed us into her home, the church, and the school.

Pastor Carlos and Pastor Moab each shared their testimonies with us. It is amazing to see how God has orchestrated their lives and ours together for His work.

We were also asked to speak to the older kids at the school there. After lunch we divided into teams and were assigned to a classroom. We shared the gospel with the students and teachers and many accepted Christ.

Many of us have reconnected with kids and adults we had previously met. Relationships are being developed and God is working through them.

One of the girls Daniel witnessed to in May is named Jussara. He took her an NC State shirt this time and had promised to visit her family. At the church this morning she told him that she had been reading her Bible and had read a very interesting story she wanted to share with him. This afternoon Daniel, Sheila, Airton, and Evan went to visit her. Jussara said the story she had been reading was "about a man who took his son to be killed. But at the last minute angels of the Lord told him not to kill him." (Abraham and Isaac!) Airton explained the story further and Daniel was able to relate it to Jesus as a sacrifice for us as he witnessed to her friend and her mom.

KP witnessed for the first time to four people at the dental clinic and they all accepted Christ. We're so proud of these teenagers for being so bold!

Sheila thinks it's funny that a few of the teachers were enthralled with the idea of homeschooling. Once they found out she homeschooled they were asking tons of questions. I'm pretty sure they thought we were all crazy. (This team is made up of all homeschoolers!)

Keep on praying! Thanks for the comments too. We've been so encouraged by them. Tomorrow we are in Ingazeria all day and it's our last day in the outback.