The First Few Days in Brazil
I will have some pictures up here soon. We had one day to rest up and the conference in Belo Horizonte began. Today (Wednesday) was the first complete day for us at the ARC conference in Belo Horizonte.
Ben is really enjoying being back in Brazil after having been unable to come the past four years. He is entering into the whole scene here like a native. In fact he speaks pretty decent portuguese. Anyway, Josh Cheatham is here with us as well and he seems to really be enjoying himself.
James and Flans, April and Judson, Jenny and Arnaldo, Tom and Kathy, as well as many others with whom we have a relationship all send their love to Lamb of God. Rick and Joanne Widner are also here and its great to seem them in this environment.
We are meeting new friends as well - One brother from the South of Brazil is doing amazing work among the poor and the drug addicted in his city. I was really impressed with the tenderness of his heart toward the needy.
This morning I preached two of the four messages I will be bringing here at the ARC conference in Belo Horizonte. The theme of the conference is ‘re-discovering the foundations’. My talks all center on the Cross, and are similar to messages I preached at Lamb in the past month. This morning was very encouraging - As I concluded the second of my talks weeping began to break out all over the room. James Padley, my translator was so overcome with emotion he was nearly unable to continue his translation. The Holy Spirit moved in a sweet way, touching many in the room with reminders of the gospel, taking them back to the basic truth of their own conversions and how precious the Lord is to those who know Him.
I am back at Tom and Kathy’s for the rest of the day - I’m kind of beat, sort of a combination of late nights, jet lag and the excitement of being back here again. I praise God for the generosity of the people of Lamb of God. It is that generosity that allows me to go and be a part of what is taking place in Brazil.
Thank you dear friends for the support you give to the work here in Brazil. I wish all of you could see how God has multiplied your graciousness to the Brazilian people. I will write soon with pictures and more.
peace - Scott
July 26th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Miss you terribly…and miss all the Brazilians, too. Take good care of my hubby. Don’t let him negotiate any deals in Portuguese. He may get ahead of himself. :^)
July 30th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Heard you arrived safely in Manaus :-)
Hopefully the Desperta Debora prayer warriors will show up and pray for all of you and the awesome work you are about to undertake.
We’ll be praying too!