Well, I made it back home from my trip to Brazil. It was an amazing time and I am so thankful for the work being done there for the Kingdom of God. Mark and Helba Lemos are the missionaries that are living in Pindamonhangaba (I call it Pinda for short) Brazil. It is a city of about 150,000 people. The Bible School has an enrollment between 100-150 students. Their Distant Education has an enrollment of over 8,000. Wow, God is doing wonderful things.
(Photo: Raymond Frizzelle, Mark Little,
Gary Wheat & Missionary Mark Lemos)
The trip home was an overnight flight. Our plane actually was delayed 3 hours and we ended up leaving at 12:40am. One thing that was interesting to me was how all Brazilians stopped everything on Tuesday at 3pm to watch Brazil's first game in the World Cup Soccer Match. They love their "futebol". We were standing in the airport when the Brazilian team scored their first goal and you would have thought they had already won the World Cup. People when absolutely nuts. They did end up winning the game against North Korea and everyone went wild. It was interesting.
The trip was really good and we are planning a trip for September to go back. Our church had funded the building of two churches in the Amazon and we are taking a team back to see them. I will also be preaching in the two churches we built. While we are there we will also be helping to install water filtration systems in some of the local villages. The systems will help filter the water from bact
eria and other harmful items found in the water. Right now there will be 11 people from First AG taking that journey.(Photo: "Christ The Redeemer Statue" in Rio)
It is good to see what God is doing, but it is also great to be back home. As I was going through customs and immigration at DFW, I heard some wonderful words from the immigration officer...."Welcome Home Sir!"
Missions is the heart of God and I am thankful that He has allowed me and First AG to make an impact across the street and across the sea.
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