My trip to Sao Miquel do Guama was an amazing experience. We had a group come from AL. There were 8 Americans and 10 translators. As a team of 18, we shared the gospel many times. Our typical day consisted of breakfast, evangelism in the morning, lunch, evangelism in the afternoon, dinner, and an evening worship service. I love rice and beans! We went to two different cities--Sao Miguel do Guama and Irituia. We had about 40 decisions and follow-up visits. The church is going to do discipleship training and they are going to give out Bibles to those people. I shared my testimony and helped in translating. I even shared Christ in Portuguese to two girls on the street. They had already accepted the Lord. Anna, my roommate, led one person to the Lord in Portuguese! Praise the Lord! We had some great worship experiences and some fun too. Our bus got stuck in the sand and all the men on the team and Brazilians pushed the bus about 10 times before the bus was out. The women were on the back of the bus to weigh it down to help get the bus out. We almost hit a tree and I was on the most exciting roller coaster of my life. Who needs Six Flags or Busch Gardens? We went to a school and I got to meet some amazing children. We are so blessed. I was humbled by the conditions of the school. I will never complain again about what I have here or in the States in a classroom. We were treated like movie stars and I signed so many autographs because these children had never seen a foreigner before. Wow! Thank-you, Lord for your many provisions. Let's see..I got a blister on my leg but God provided again because we had a RN, named Crystal was on our team and she bandaged it up twice a day! Thank-you, Crystal! What did I see...a parrot, two large bugs, buses, motorcycles, donkeys and carts, palm trees, ladies dressed up for a famous June festival, coconuts, acai trees, meat hanging from a clothesline, chicken bones on the street, waterfalls, ponds, team members sharing the gospel, embracing, and most important of all..tears from people who have accepted the Lord. It is the great to see true repentance and happiness in the Lord!!! Thank-you Lord for this awesome experience! I have many pictures! It will take a while to upload but keep checking back in the next week or so!
Humbled and In Awe of God's Drawing,
Nova
Mother's Day Chapel
My Kitchen again
My Dining Room
My Burned Ceiling where the fire happened...We took out the fan!
