It's been nearly a month and a half here and Brazil and I really could see myself being anywhere else right now. God has done great things in me from the terrible little teenager to the confident Pais apprentice that I'm becoming. I am absolutely loving my time here and praise God every day for this amazing opportunity. This week I had the opportunity to experience more of God through his word and through some really cool experiences that we had (so needless to say it's been a good week).
Tuesday was just our normal administration day. It seems like it's going to be the most "normal" day we're going to be getting in the week and it is a really good time to meet together as a team in the word and to prepare for the week ahead. I was feeling a bit iffy on Tuesday (just a bit sick) but the team prayed for me and it seemed to ease it a bit because I was able to each a goiaba (which is my favourite fruit out of all the many types that we have hear). It's usually a pretty short day so got to head home and have a wee rest after that. Later that night I went to the house that Jared is living in to watch a ridiculously over the top action movie with Vin diesel (fast and furious 5) which was very good fun.
Wednesday all the school's had a day off so we headed to the apartment of one of the girls from the cell group to hang out for the day with the cell. It had a pool and football pitch so got to just hang out with them for the day. Was a really good day just to have some good craic with the youth and had a time with a message from the team leader that really seemed to hit home with some of them. That night I got to have a really good chat with Jared on the bus on the way home just about we were both feeling. One of the things I had said is that I had been struggling with reading the word. That night when I got home (as Jared had been praying for me) I had one of the greatest times in the word that I've had since I got here. Was so good just to be fed again.
Because of the day's off this week the days weren't the same as they usually are. Thursday for example we had our time to prepare classes for friday and then after that we headed to Floca to do our usual chat "supervision" that we do on Friday afternoons. Was another great time just hanging with the guys in the school, with some great chats about God.
Friday we went into the school at 7 as usual to do our "English lesson". This week we were teaching on the verb "to be" (again) but this time focusing on the second person singular and plural "you are". We used this to talk about "judging others" and how we judge we will be judged. Was received really well and ever had a girl crying (and as my team leader Ramin said "it's just like sport if the other person's crying you know you've won"). Two other members of the team got to pray with her and listen to her story. It was just fantastic to be the lights in that life. (while she was crying I couldn't stop smiling I was like "thank you Jesus").
Saturday and Sunday were the usual days of rest, church and Sao jose de mipibu (well almost). On Saturday night me and steph and Jared went to a youth service with our host families. The service was alright but after it was the cool thing. So Jared has had a bad throat this week and he was feel down about it so we decided to pray for it. We just tried to listen to the spirit in it all and after we prayed Jared said "I can swallow and it doesn't hurt" with a rather surprised look on his face because he hadn't been able to do that before. Some people might try to pass that off as nothing but for me he was healed! Not completely he still has a sore throat but he could do something that he couldn't do before.
God's really been moving in me about the power of the holy spirit and how his death on the cross didn't just cover our sin, it covered our sickness too. I don't know all the theology behind it but I really just want to experience more of the loving power and touch of the living God here and to know more about it. God is good and he does good things!
So keep praying for all of these different things please, Floca, Sao Jose, the cell group and for God to be able to open up doors in new schools as well
Lots of love
Mark
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