Newsletter Brazil 5th September - 19th October

This was a very strategic time and we are delighted with the outcome of
4 courses with a total of 62 students and a Kairos course currently being run by National facilitators – without us! Thanks for your prayers.

Uberlandia – 13-20th September – 17 students from several churches, including 2 pastors, a leader of missions and couple who lead Instituto Agape working with several churches for missions. Our team of 4 Facilitators were all from YWAM.
2nd - 3rd October - We completed the first part of Facilitator training with 10 of this very gifted group.

Itabirito near Belo Horizonte, =========>
21st September – 1st Oct – 12 students, with a pastor joining in many sessions. 2 facilitators from YWAM and 2 Brazilians who lived in Leeds for a year and did Kairos in Berlin.

YWAM base in Goiania – 6-10th October- 24 DTS students from many different states in Brazil. More facilitator training  (see photo below) and SUPERVISING 2 Head Facilitators.

Pontalina – 13- 20th October- 9 students – including 4 pastors, a pastors wife, 2 missionaries  a student and a new Christian. Representing 80% of the evangelic al churches in the town! Pr Alexandre, who travelled with us to the Kairos International Consultation in Thailand last year and Sheila were our facilitators + Pr Seth from YWAM. Alexandre and Sheila work with PRONASCE - an agency which works in Portuguese speaking countries –( Pro – nutrition, agriculture, health , Christian growth and education).
 

 
We have  set up a working “group “ with representatives from Uberlandia, Goiania and Pontalina who will begin to take more responsibility for the development of the course in Brazil and from whom we are expecting a National Team to evolve.
 

Thursday 22nd – Friday 30th October-  Luciana (left) and Pr Seth (right),from YWAM are leading a course in a church in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso state. Please pray for them as they lead their first course on their own!

They join Junio and Lorena as trained Head Facilitators of the course.

 
HIGHLIGHTS-  Quote from an ex drug addict and alcoholic  – “Before Kairos, I was on the point of giving up my faith and the DTS course but this week God has spoken to me and now I have a new direction for my life”.
 
Praying with 10 or more young people on DTS course at YWAM – all of whom had a background with severe drug and/or  alcohol addiction. Hearing their testimonies and plans to be involved with Pioneer Mission to reach unreached people groups.
 
Supervising Seth and Luciana as they led a Kairos course !!! –
 
Pr Alexandre – this course is the realisation of 12 years of prayer for this town – to see all my pastor friends here on this course is the beginning of a new season of missions for Pontalina.
  

- a 60+ lady who is planning to live in Mozambique and wants to be involved in mission to unreached peoples.

People thanking us for coming to Brazil!

Praying with a young couple who were having marriage difficulties- the course has really helped them re- focus and prioritize and then the last activity on the course - them selecting adjoining puzzle pieces of a World Puzzle broken into nearly 900 muddled possibilities !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Their glowing and excited faces were a delight!! God certainly seemed to be blessing their togetherness and Call to the Nations!

<======= Praying with the graduates of Cooking for Life restaurant project in Uberlandia. These young people are trained in restaurant skills by our friend Juliet. Many are ex drug addicts and were on the edge of the community. Their new skills give them a new chance in life.

Toucans and green parrots flying over our heads
 
The bridge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ======>
Indiana Jones style narrow, foot-bridge over a swift flowing river several metres below to reach our accommodation on a farm!
 
Ovaltine ice cream-shake! Pao de queijo – small balls of cheesey bread.
 
Jenson Button beating Barichello for the world championship in the presence of our Brazilian friends
  

Not so good..........
 
2 carapato (ticks) which attached themselves to Jan’s arm  at the farm!   And multiple mosquito bites at one venue! 
   

Rio de Janeiro beating Madrid – Kathryn’s company were working on the Madrid Olympic  Bid!