His grace is always sufficient.

We were given the evening off tonight, so I am going to give a quick update of the past week. Time is beginning to go by a lot faster. We are about to begin week 3 here in Brazil. From what I hear, we are definitely off to a good start. Like I have mentioned before, our main focus is to build as many relationships with Brazilians as possible in hopes of sharing the truth of the Gospel. We have team time every Tuesday and this past Tuesday we name-stormed all of the Brazilians we have hung out with on campus and at our house and came up with over 70 names. And we continue to meet many more each day! Please be praying these students continue to come around and desire to spend time with us Americans. Also pray that we continually live out the Gospel at all times.


A few people on the team have gotten sick, but I have probably been hit the worst so far. I was the first to have to miss a day on campus because of illness. I spent literally ALL day Thursday laying in my bed. I also unfortunately had to miss out on Discussion Group, but I heard we had a great turnout and awesome conversations. It was not a fun day for me, but I am feeling way better now. Most of us are always exhausted, but it is starting to get a bit easier the longer we spend here. It is definitely teaching me how vital it is to depend on God in my weakness. His grace is always sufficient.


Our team is getting a lot closer and I'm starting to get closer to a few Brazilians as well. I can't imagine what these relationships will be like after 6 more weeks. I've heard from past teams how difficult it is to leave these people after building such deep relationships. The fear of getting really close to people then knowing you have to leave them sometimes holds me back from fully going forth and investing as much as I should. God has revealed a lot of my fears, insecurities, and sins to me over the past week, and it has been tough, but beneficial. I just have to remind myself I am doing God's work for His glory. Such an incredible thing to grasp, and very humbling. Please pray the Lord continues to use our team.