Day 1 Blog

Hello, Readers!  We have officially been in the Amazon since Friday afternoon, and God has already been working and moving immensely amongst our group and the people of Brazil!  Friday night upon our arrival, we performed a "flash mob" scene in the Manaus Mall and invited people to attend our concert the next evening and tonight's performance we will have in Parintins. 

 

Yesterday, our groups had the opportunity to do ministry along the Amazon River.  Three of our groups went to villages and ministered to the people there through VBS, and men's/women's ministry.  The other group went to an orphanage and painted all day while loving on beautiful kids!  Below is an excerpt I've asked one of our students on our boat to share about his experience yesterday in one of the villages:

 

"God's been up to big things here in Manaus.  My family group went to an orphanage of about 30 kids, over 90% of them coming from abusive environments.  We painted classrooms, tables, and played "futbol" with the kids! Later on we performed a powerful concert, and 18 made decisions for Christ!  Our goal was to bless the Brazilians, although they ended up blessing us even more.  It was evident by the encouraging comments that God revealed Himself to the Brazilians tonight.  Our next stop is an 18 hour boat ride to the different villages here in Brazil.  God's been faithful but greater things have yet to come!" -Ty Herring

 

At the concert last night we had 3,000 in attendance at New Baptist Church in Manaus.  As mentioned by Ty, there were 18 decisions made for Christ last night in result, and God truly moved through our students' performance and attitudes.  We had the privilege of getting to talk with many Brazilian teenagers after the performance, and our students were truly blessed to be able to learn from and minister to them. 

 

Please be praying for our performance tonight and be on the lookout for our post tomorrow!  God Bless from the Amor e Esperanca!