The First Few days in Brazil

When we arrived in Brazil, we hit the ground running. They had plans for us for the next sixteen days. We started off by signing up for room mates and then having a worship/prayer time. We begin the next day by meeting together at a 4 Square Church in Brazil and having another worship time. Afterwards, they split the preachers and teachers up into two groups and we began training. I was split up from the rest of my youth group (since I was the only preacher) and had training with about 15 people I had never met. They taught us things about how to use a translator, when to have prayer time, offering time, etc. I learned so many different things about the culture and it was exciting to meet new people. I was extremely nervous though, I had never really preached in my life and I was scared to death to do it in a foreign country in front of people that couldn't even speak my language. The training lasted about three days and there were about ten leaders from Global Awakening (the organization we went through) that helped train us. Each night, after training, we split up into teams and went into different Churches and listened to these leaders speak. We then we're called up to help pray for people through a translator. It was an amazing experience to watch God save, heal and deliver so many people. The people of Brazil were so hungry for Jesus. They had no money, no healthcare, no hope. I watched as we prayed for them as tears rolled down their faces and they cried out to God. I was so broken and humbled to be there. I watched as God fulfilled his promise in Jeremiah 31 to allow the ones who were seeking him to find him. The first few days we're amazing and I began to be really excited as I anticipated what other amazing things God was going to do on the trip!