This past week has been awesome for me. I am still continuing to learn so much more about God and all that He is and has for me.
My DTS had a speaker...Pastor Helder...who spoke on "the cross" and it truly was amazing.
Once again I am just adjusting to week to week happenings. Yesterday my DTS had our first outreach...and it turned out to be an amazing and hectic one. At first it was supposed to be just one performance at this outreach put on by this Brazilian ministry...but it turned into 3 separate performances.
The first was for mainly the homeless and underprivileged kids in the area. We danced in a really messy...and smelly gym but it was still amazing.The kids were so precious and beautiful I wish I couldve done more for them and at least talk to them, but unfortunately I dont speak that much Portuguese yet.
Then word got out about GX and we went to dance in the middle of this street between two Catholic churches where a motorcycle show was going on. The outcome was so great and many came to Christ!!!
We still had one more stop to make, still not knowing where or when we would perform again....but surprise surprise we end up dancing at this gas station by the most disgusting stench ever...a garbage truck...and we danced on a slant.
But no matter the circumstance the number of people who came to watch the show heard the of God's love. This atmostphere even though God was there was still intense and spiritually heavy because there was so much partying going on because of the Carnival (haha its basically an orgy in the streets party thing.)
They said that over 40 people came to Christ...so amazing...so testing...but i loved every strange twist and turn in yesterdays journey...but dang i was so tired!
Once again...thank you for your prayers and your support!
Well this past week has been quite different from the previous two weeks. The speaker was mostly just confusing, it was supposed to be on worldviews but by the end i had no idea what the topic was even about.
Although that happened i still learnt so much from God this week.
This Sunday my team didnt have outreach because only one of the teams did. I am looking forward to this Sunday because we will be keeping busy since we will be doing ministry at a church.
I am honestly blown away with how different and better the weeks are getting, but they are going by far too fast in my opinion.
So for three days of this week at my DTS we had a speaker that is the leader of Island Breeze Brazil who spoke about cultural adaption and missions. Mostly it was about doing what Jesus did...when he was with the Gentiles He did as the Gentiles did....when He was with the Jews He did as the Jews did. He didnt live in ignorance or with the mentality of my culture is better than yours...He adjusted to their way of living, their culture, their traditions...everything.
Then i learnt about Creation Science, basically everything about how the world was created to our creation and design. It was so intense and in depth...but i surprisingly enjoyed the whole science aspect of it.
This sunday we had an outreach at a church and it was so amazing. I loved every minute of it, hanging out with the families and people of the church....and attempting my portuguese speaking skills with them. We spoke and preached and also taught a dance. God is so good.
I cannot believe how fast my DTS is going and already have started on my sixth week in Brazil!
Last week my speakers were Tom and Cindy Bonham...amazing teachers and mentors! The topic of the past week was about the spirit, soul and body...it was really intense and in depth but i loved every minute of it. They really laid down a firm foundation on how God created us and intended us to be.
For outreach on Sunday my team, which is known as Team Pocket Snax, went to a church called Filadelfia. We were there from 930ish till 9 something at night. During the day we taught a dance to the kids and teens of the church....a total of 5 hours and in my opinion too much time. I really love getting to know the people at the church, building relationships I now see is so important.
Every week I learn so much....I'll keep you posted!
Oh and please pray this Friday....GX has a show at a church thats having a "Chocolate Party" (yes a chocolate party....and hopefully ill get chocolate!!!). It will be our first official show and we're hoping that its a big turn out.
This week was a really great week for teaching...it was a spiritual warfare by Jesse Fellers...a skater and leader for GX International. The whole spiritual warfare teaching was all a refresher for me but I feel like I benefited from the teaching.
On the Friday of that week GX had an outreach at a youth group who had an ALL YOU CAN EAT CHOCOLATE BUFFET. Unfortunately or maybe fortunately they served the chocolate right before we had to perform so then I didn't eat until I was bursting with chocolate.
The show went quite well...as a first performance for the team its usually a little bit shaky. I love performing but even more I love the ministry we are able to do after the show. The language barrier is still there and annoying but I've learnt that I just need to suck it up and grab one of my Brazilian friends who speak English to translate for me. No sense me moping about my inability to speak Portuguese and do no ministry. God is so good...He continually provides divine appointments for me to talk to girls. I got to speak into a couple girls lives and encourage and build them up.
That night I also got to see my Dad for the first time since he is in Brazil for ministry with TX and to be involved with Call2All ! It was so exciting getting to see my Dad there and introduce him to the people in my DTS.
Sunday part of my team....Pocketsnax is the name....went to a very small church...very small....church...also called Filadalfia. We taught dance all day then performed at the church service....the Holy Spirit moved there which is always amazing.
God is good.
Call2All happened this week and it was the most busy and hectic week of my DTS and I was so tired, drained and sick by the end of the week. Somehow this bug found its way into my system.Loren Cunningham, the founder of Youth With A Mission, was there as a speaker which was really cool. The main topic this week was reaching unreached people groups...nothing I havent really heard before.
On Sunday my leaders let me have the day off to hang out with my Dad because he leaves on Monday and it was one of the only days that worked out so I got to take him and Dad, also from TX Canada, downtown to a market. Its always a cool experience but difficult getting around Curitiba because my Portuguese is just the basic. We didnt get lost so thats always good.
In the evening Dad and I went to one of the first churches I went to....I was so excited to see some of my friends that met and built relationships with the first time. I loved it and i just got to sit and watch the service.
I cannot believe how the weeks fly by....My DTS has only 4 weeks of lecture phase left!!!
So the teacher of the week was Ed....I cannot pronounce his full name and I do not even know his last name. But he was really good...he spoke on identity. Even with the translation i was really impressed and I learnt so much more than I thought I would.
GX had an outreach in a very dangerous part of Curitiba at a school with a missions team from the States somewhere. I really enjoyed the outreach...dancing and trying to speak my very little portuguese to the kids. It's crazy the atmosphere these kids are raised in...dodgy streets...dodgy people...dodgy situations...lacking in our terms so much, but their smiles still shine. One girl had two rotten teeth and I realized that some of the most basic necessities in our view is forgotten about in these peoples eyes because they cannot afford it.
Sunday...once again our outreach day my team headed out late in the afternoon to a quite big church to teach dance to the most hyperactive distracted kids ever! Running this way and that....but still so precious. I really like outreach....more than I thought I could or would. Not too much happened on outreach this week....but I look forward to the outreaches at this church to come!
Wow....only 3 weeks left of the lecture phase....unbelievable.
So to fill you in on the happenings of the week here it is...so Same as last week we had Ed from one of the YWAM bases here in Curitiba speaking on the Father Heart of God which was really good...He spoke on authority....lack of affection...correction...a
My DTS had a speaker...Pastor Helder...who spoke on "the cross" and it truly was amazing.
Once again I am just adjusting to week to week happenings. Yesterday my DTS had our first outreach...and it turned out to be an amazing and hectic one. At first it was supposed to be just one performance at this outreach put on by this Brazilian ministry...but it turned into 3 separate performances.
The first was for mainly the homeless and underprivileged kids in the area. We danced in a really messy...and smelly gym but it was still amazing.The kids were so precious and beautiful I wish I couldve done more for them and at least talk to them, but unfortunately I dont speak that much Portuguese yet.
Then word got out about GX and we went to dance in the middle of this street between two Catholic churches where a motorcycle show was going on. The outcome was so great and many came to Christ!!!
We still had one more stop to make, still not knowing where or when we would perform again....but surprise surprise we end up dancing at this gas station by the most disgusting stench ever...a garbage truck...and we danced on a slant.
But no matter the circumstance the number of people who came to watch the show heard the of God's love. This atmostphere even though God was there was still intense and spiritually heavy because there was so much partying going on because of the Carnival (haha its basically an orgy in the streets party thing.)
They said that over 40 people came to Christ...so amazing...so testing...but i loved every strange twist and turn in yesterdays journey...but dang i was so tired!
Once again...thank you for your prayers and your support!
Well this past week has been quite different from the previous two weeks. The speaker was mostly just confusing, it was supposed to be on worldviews but by the end i had no idea what the topic was even about.
Although that happened i still learnt so much from God this week.
This Sunday my team didnt have outreach because only one of the teams did. I am looking forward to this Sunday because we will be keeping busy since we will be doing ministry at a church.
I am honestly blown away with how different and better the weeks are getting, but they are going by far too fast in my opinion.
So for three days of this week at my DTS we had a speaker that is the leader of Island Breeze Brazil who spoke about cultural adaption and missions. Mostly it was about doing what Jesus did...when he was with the Gentiles He did as the Gentiles did....when He was with the Jews He did as the Jews did. He didnt live in ignorance or with the mentality of my culture is better than yours...He adjusted to their way of living, their culture, their traditions...everything.
Then i learnt about Creation Science, basically everything about how the world was created to our creation and design. It was so intense and in depth...but i surprisingly enjoyed the whole science aspect of it.
This sunday we had an outreach at a church and it was so amazing. I loved every minute of it, hanging out with the families and people of the church....and attempting my portuguese speaking skills with them. We spoke and preached and also taught a dance. God is so good.
I cannot believe how fast my DTS is going and already have started on my sixth week in Brazil!
Last week my speakers were Tom and Cindy Bonham...amazing teachers and mentors! The topic of the past week was about the spirit, soul and body...it was really intense and in depth but i loved every minute of it. They really laid down a firm foundation on how God created us and intended us to be.
For outreach on Sunday my team, which is known as Team Pocket Snax, went to a church called Filadelfia. We were there from 930ish till 9 something at night. During the day we taught a dance to the kids and teens of the church....a total of 5 hours and in my opinion too much time. I really love getting to know the people at the church, building relationships I now see is so important.
Every week I learn so much....I'll keep you posted!
Oh and please pray this Friday....GX has a show at a church thats having a "Chocolate Party" (yes a chocolate party....and hopefully ill get chocolate!!!). It will be our first official show and we're hoping that its a big turn out.
This week was a really great week for teaching...it was a spiritual warfare by Jesse Fellers...a skater and leader for GX International. The whole spiritual warfare teaching was all a refresher for me but I feel like I benefited from the teaching.
On the Friday of that week GX had an outreach at a youth group who had an ALL YOU CAN EAT CHOCOLATE BUFFET. Unfortunately or maybe fortunately they served the chocolate right before we had to perform so then I didn't eat until I was bursting with chocolate.
The show went quite well...as a first performance for the team its usually a little bit shaky. I love performing but even more I love the ministry we are able to do after the show. The language barrier is still there and annoying but I've learnt that I just need to suck it up and grab one of my Brazilian friends who speak English to translate for me. No sense me moping about my inability to speak Portuguese and do no ministry. God is so good...He continually provides divine appointments for me to talk to girls. I got to speak into a couple girls lives and encourage and build them up.
That night I also got to see my Dad for the first time since he is in Brazil for ministry with TX and to be involved with Call2All ! It was so exciting getting to see my Dad there and introduce him to the people in my DTS.
Sunday part of my team....Pocketsnax is the name....went to a very small church...very small....church...also called Filadalfia. We taught dance all day then performed at the church service....the Holy Spirit moved there which is always amazing.
God is good.
Call2All happened this week and it was the most busy and hectic week of my DTS and I was so tired, drained and sick by the end of the week. Somehow this bug found its way into my system.Loren Cunningham, the founder of Youth With A Mission, was there as a speaker which was really cool. The main topic this week was reaching unreached people groups...nothing I havent really heard before.
On Sunday my leaders let me have the day off to hang out with my Dad because he leaves on Monday and it was one of the only days that worked out so I got to take him and Dad, also from TX Canada, downtown to a market. Its always a cool experience but difficult getting around Curitiba because my Portuguese is just the basic. We didnt get lost so thats always good.
In the evening Dad and I went to one of the first churches I went to....I was so excited to see some of my friends that met and built relationships with the first time. I loved it and i just got to sit and watch the service.
I cannot believe how the weeks fly by....My DTS has only 4 weeks of lecture phase left!!!
So the teacher of the week was Ed....I cannot pronounce his full name and I do not even know his last name. But he was really good...he spoke on identity. Even with the translation i was really impressed and I learnt so much more than I thought I would.
GX had an outreach in a very dangerous part of Curitiba at a school with a missions team from the States somewhere. I really enjoyed the outreach...dancing and trying to speak my very little portuguese to the kids. It's crazy the atmosphere these kids are raised in...dodgy streets...dodgy people...dodgy situations...lacking in our terms so much, but their smiles still shine. One girl had two rotten teeth and I realized that some of the most basic necessities in our view is forgotten about in these peoples eyes because they cannot afford it.
Sunday...once again our outreach day my team headed out late in the afternoon to a quite big church to teach dance to the most hyperactive distracted kids ever! Running this way and that....but still so precious. I really like outreach....more than I thought I could or would. Not too much happened on outreach this week....but I look forward to the outreaches at this church to come!
Wow....only 3 weeks left of the lecture phase....unbelievable.
So to fill you in on the happenings of the week here it is...so Same as last week we had Ed from one of the YWAM bases here in Curitiba speaking on the Father Heart of God which was really good...He spoke on authority....lack of affection...correction...a
