When in Brasil...

The last few days have not been too busy.  Sunday we spent helping at the church and talking with our host families.  The service was 2.5 hours long, and some people think that Mark goes a long time...don't complain.  It was all about the persecuted church in different countries and we watched about an hour of videos and got to spend time in prayer for the different continents and Christians that face persecution.  It was really good to watch and to think about such things.

Monday was Johnny's day off/day of rest because he works on Sunday.  So Jon and I went and hung out with our host family and then spent the rest of the day with Johnny at his house.  We watched some movies, visited a sick member of the church, and then got to read for a little bit.

Tuesday we went to a school with a member of the church.  It was a very short visit and we are going back this saturday for an english party.  Also Alek and Andrew got tattoos today!

Wed was super cool because we spent it at classrooms.  We visited the same school in the morning and afternoon which was a good time.  We played the kids in soccer which we won in case anyone wanted to know haha but it was fun to build relationships with them and talk with them.  They were very excited to see us there and are looking forward to seeing the level 2 team in a week!  It is crazy to think that the other group will be here in just a few days! Also a God moment was being able to talk with the students (middle school age) about purity in dating and waiting for sex before marriage and the ways that we wait with our girlfriends.  Totally a God moment that they asked that question because having visited hundreds of classes combined we have never answered that question before. Super cool!  Then we went to a BBQ because thursday is a Catholic holiday.  So everyone has the day off and decided to have food, friends, and a beer or two or three.  It ended up being a fun night and we built some more friendships with the people.

Today has been very relaxing because the American consulate emailed Johnny saying that if he can be in Rio de Janerio on Friday they can figure out a problem that they had concerning a visa for someone that was not coming.  So that is a matter for prayer that we can think about.  Johnny will leave tomorrow around 7 or 8 to drive 4 hours, get on a plane, and try to talk with them and a father concerning the visa into America.

Also needing of prayer; Jon and I are living with professor Illson.  Tonight around 5:30 his father passed away. Be in prayer. Thanks everyone. Love you all and really have been appreciating your prayers more than you know!