This is my first time to travel to Brazil - though I’ve traveled from Vietnam to Iraq to Sudan in my lifetime. The lack of drinkable water, no air conditioning and hectic traffic are very familiar to me. However, the energy and spiritual excitement of the people is new. I have been amazed at how powerfully the Spirit moves among the people of Brazil.
My favorite memory from this week has been seeing children, youth and adults all stepping up into service. At every new place and opportunity I see a youth holding a guitar and leading worship, carrying a load speaker announcing our outreach activities, or smiling brightly while making a child a balloon animal. The Gospel has not reached the towns like Itacarambi, where we are now evangelizing an I walk with a refreshed spirit following the visitation team specifically targeting family homes and the evangelism team blanketing neighborhoods with the Gospel through the Evangecube.
It is so powerful for me to see people like Eduardo and Maria responding. The Brazilians carefully document each house number and response of need. Some, like Maria, hunger for a Portuguese Bible, which normally is only kept when borrowing from someone. Others ask for a visit in the days to come so that someone may further share the Gospel in their living room or front porch. Greatest, still, are the ones like Eduardo whom pray to receive Christ because the Spirit of God through Jesus Christ has move is great power.
The need is great in Itacarambi, but the power of God is greater in advancing the Gospel through transformation one life after another!
Nathan Bogue
Nathan is the Director of Aid Sudan in Dallas, Texas, He is an experienced missionary to many parts of the world, and we are grateful to have him with us. ParkwayHills has a partnership with his ministry to Sudanese refugees in the Dallas area. Nathan is a graduate of Reformed Seminary in Jackson MS.,, and a member of 1st Baptist Church of McKinney, where he serves on their Missions Committee.
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