On the radio on

This may be a bit unorthodox to start a blog with, but I would like to start by sharing a bit about my team, which is stationed in Florianoplis right now. A great friend of mine has been teaching me recently the dynamic of a team working together. He showed me the example of how cyclists work together in a race as team to cut to the front of the pack, encourage one another, and provide support for their leaders. Welcome to our team.

The Lord brought us all together as team to bring glory to his name. With different experiences, gifts, and background, we have been woven together into a tight rope? not easily broken. Together, we pray for the Lord to utilize us in His divine plan, and that through everything we do, glory and honor may be given to His name through worship, skits, testimonies, and anything else we are called to do. (Allow me to say adaptability is quite a word). Recently, we've seen this example of synergy come to life.

On Sunday, our team broke into three teams in order to reach out into the community. Paul and Hannah Grace diligently devoted themselves to reaching out to the youth here by playing sports. Another part of our team was assigned to reach out into the local community and invite people to the church. The third group was assigned to go and speak at a nearby radio station. (This group consisted of: David, Ashley, Nikki, Madison, Mrs. Greenwich, and myself).

All of us went together to the station where we met up
with a member of the Baptist church here named Eduardo. The program immediately began with him speaking rapid river of Portuguese? fantastically eloquent, may I say. We were all asked questions such as the following: why are you in Brazil, what do you hope to accomplish, what do you like about Brazil. This conversation soon led into our own personal testimonies. Starting with Nikki, each person quickly shared how the Lord wonderfully brought us to Him and how he is working in our lives. Every word was saturated with a passionate love for the Lord and the gospel. They were able to bless many people. I was asked afterwards to share several words from the Bible. The Lord led me to John and the story about the Samaritan woman. No matter where we go in our lives, people are the same in certain aspects: we constantly try to quench a thirst. We hope that through what we have a chance to share here in Brazil that we would show how His love quenches all. He is what gives us strength.

Several minutes after the interview, we all met up with the rest of the team. Remember that example, I used at the beginning about the team working to together to succeed in the name of the Lord. Well, praises be to His name. We came back and celebrated that the Lord allowed us to share His love by forming new friendships with young Brazilians, by inviting the local community to the church service that night, and by reaching Brazilians throughout Florianoplis with our stories through the radio.

I'm excited to see what else the Lord has planned while we're hear, and prayer is greatly appreciated. Continue praying for our brothers and sisters in Porto Alegre also. All of us hear miss them and await to hear about their experience. Praises be to our heavenly Father.

Daniel Poeana
IMPACT 360 student