Many children began gathering around the team as dinner was ending. It was as if they didn’t want the day to end and wanted to spend as much time with us as possible. Team members took the opportunity to speak about the Kingdom of God with the kids. Ashley led a puppet skit with Cameron, […]

Pastor Julio, Andy, Beth, and Brenda visited a Zionist Church. Zionists operate under a sacrificial Old Testament belief system which is mixed with some Christianity and local tribal religion.  Andy preached a powerful Gospel, encouraging people to build a relationship with Jesus and know that He is the complete sacrifice and only way for salvation.  […]

Troy, Amanda, and Ashley went to the Spread Good News Church with Pastor Jose. Troy shared passionately about the parable of the wise virgins who had oil for their lamps and were ready for the return of the bridegroom. He encouraged the church to spend time with the Lord in order to have oil to […]

At Word of Faith Evangelical Church, Jaimie shared about our loving Father intentionally taking 9 months to create each of us. Jaimie had a word of knowledge, if anyone had recently lost a child in the womb, and the pastor openly shared that his wife is still in the hospital after losing their baby just […]

On Sunday morning, the team was ready to give out what they had so freely received during last night’s outpouring. They split into groups to minister at 4 different churches in the Hokwe area. Cameron, Joquebedi, and Haley joined Pastor Mary Pat in ministering to the people at Faith Mission Church. Pastor Mary Pat preached […]

Today we had the opportunity to install glass panes in the windows of a church near Pastor Jose’s house. It was great team bonding time as we worked together diligently and laughed telling stories from past trips. Pastor Jose’s son, Samuel, and a friend of his also were also a great help to the team! […]

While preparing for our visit to Chihango Friday night, Brenda heard a strong word from the Lord that eyes and stomach pain would be healed.  The Lord’s word did not return void! After a healing prayer, a lady testified of eye pain leaving, while two women and a young man were all healed from pain […]

On the second day of our trip, our team enthusiastically drove to Marcone to our first crusade site. We were warmly welcomed with many hugs and smiling faces. Our team presented a dance as the crowd clapped along. We also used a drama called “The One” that shows the saving grace of God and His […]

Last Tuesday, I woke up with a sore throat. Sometimes I wake up with a sore throat just because of breathing dry air throughout the night and it goes away by mid-morning. But this one persisted throughout the day, and felt like it might turn in to something worse. That evening at  Fire & Wind, Pastor […]

For our final day in Brazil, Pastor Dirceu came to Casa de Jesus in Heliopolis to impart to our combined team of translators, youth leaders, and FMI missionaries. He spoke passionately about what it looks like to demonstrate the mark of Jesus, and how generosity is what breaks the stronghold of poverty. He shared testimonies […]

Monday was our final day to complete Extreme Makeover: Worship Center Edition. The team worked diligently to finish painting scenes that were largely inspired by Ezekiel 47: a river flowing from a heavenly sky and teeming with fish, a large fruit bearing tree with roots that went deep into the river, and silhouettes of children […]

In the evening, the team united with both Pastor Mary Pat and Pastor Bill at the Verbo Vivo church’s main location in Tucuruvi. The service started out with earnest sweet worship. However, the sound system soon lost power and it being a large building, the worship team could not be heard. This didn’t stop the […]

On Sunday morning, Pastor Mary Pat and the rest of the team traveled to the Jurema branch of Verbo Vivo church. The heat did not seem to bother the church goers, as they passionately worshipped Jesus at the start of the service. The presence of the Holy Spirit was hovering. Pastor Mary Pat preached a […]

For Sunday morning service, Pastor Bill, Mike, and Joquebedi went to the Tucuruvi branch of Verbo Vivo Church. Pastor Bill preached on how the Lord wants us to become like a child, how joy is the Person of Jesus, and how we can walk in the dunamis (dynamite) power of the Holy Spirit. After the […]

Friday Night, Pastor Mary Pat and our team introduced “Holy Clubs” to Pastor Dirceu and 13 spiritually hungry adolescents and young adults. Holy Clubs is a discipleship course developed by Ben Atkinson, a good ministry friend and partner of FMI, that is designed to lead people into true encounters with the Holy Spirit while also providing […]