We're here!

After a VERY long travel day(s), we are finally here in the outback. God has been blessing since the moment we left.

We flew from Charlotte to NYC (don't ask) and had quite a layover. So what do you do when you are in New York with 8 hours to kill? Well we went to the Brooklyn Tabernacle!! God was all over that decision because we were able to go inside, look around the sanctuary, and pray at the altar! We even met the worship leader and he prayed with us! Awesome!!

Through God's provision and the help of some nice Metro workers we ended up saving almost $90! For this group on a tight budget, that is a big deal!

Now let's get to the good stuff! The Outback! We started today in Solidao. This is the village we have visited before.

First on the agenda was to hike up to the huge statue/idol that overlooks the city. We've gone there every trip to pray over the city and claim it for Christ. We also took time to pray for the local pastor and his family and Pastor Carlos. While there we learned that one of Pastor Moab's daughters has decided to be a missionary and has a heart for the Japanese people. God is moving in this city!

The afternoon was spent in Sao Francisco, a very small village about a 30 minute truck ride from Solidao. Pastor Airton was kind enough to cool us off with his handy-dandy water gun/oozi. Very bad man.

We split up into groups and went door to door to evangelize. KP and Shelby (two of our teenagers) shared the gospel with kids for the first time. It is so amazing to see these kids on fire for Christ and boldly sharing their faith. Several people, kids and adults accepted the Lord today and we are honored to have witnessed it.

Devotion time tonight was a great time of prayer and testimony. Now we're all ready for some sleep!! We have to get rested up for a full day tomorrow as we go to a new village. Apparently no one has gone there EVER to share Christ with the people.

Side note---we had a huge amount of people who signed up to pray yesterday. Thank you! Prayer works! Keep on, prayer warriors! We couldn't be here without your prayers.

Also, internet is pretty slow here, so we may not be able to post pictures while we're here. We'll share lots when we get back, we promise!