Bom Dia from Brasil!!

....that's "Good Morning" from Niteroi, Brazil!!

We arrived on Saturday morning, greeted by our host missionary, Zane. After a brief intro to Rio, we headed across the bridge and toward Niteroi, our destination city for this mission. Zane has been a gracious host, orienting us to the local markets, necessity stops, bakeries (YUM!!), our apartment, and of course, Igreja O Caminho (the church).

We have been so busy!! Being the first LST team in from Park Plaza, we have had some campaigning to do to get the word out about our reading sessions. (You might remember in earlier posts that we mentioned another team from Park Plaza who will come in for another 2 weeks after we leave. This will be an awesome continuation for our readers to continue to practice their English (and learn from the Gospel of Luke)....we're very excited about that!!) We campaigned in a wonderful park that plays hosts to an enormous number of families (fyi -- the population of Niteroi is 1 million!). We handed out 1,000 informational flyers about our work, which may sound like a lot. It is! But guess what? A team of juniors, seniors and their parents (from Park Plaza) came to volunteer at the church a week ago. Among the many wonderful works they did here included handing out 4,000 flyers about us coming!! We are sooooo excited (and appreciative) of their enthusiasm and dedication to the Lord's work.

We were so blessed to worship (in Portuguese) yesterday with the team of missionaries and church members at O Caminho. We were VERY warmly welcomed, and it was so amazing to watch what God has been and is doing through the Christians in Niteroi. We are very excited to be even a small part of the seed planting in helping grow God's church in Niteroi. (insert goosebumps here!)

There's so much to tell you about (and show you in pictures), but that will have to wait for other posts. Lots to do here, and our day is just beginning. Just know this....we love and appreciate you so very much for your prayers and support to make this work possible. Please keep those prayers coming. Our information meeting with interested readers is tonight at 7:30 (that's 5:30 CST). Please pray that God brings in the right readers for each one of us: Bailey, Madison, Wes, Kendall, Kent & Edana. Please pray for their hearts to be open, and please pray that each of us will be the vessel of God's love to relate to each reader. Thank you, in advance, for those prayers.

Much, much love to you!!

~k, e, b & m