The Eagle Has Left the Nest

Well family and friends, this is Sarah here. I am currently on my way to Uruguay all alone. :) Everyone else is enjoying an Americana vs. Flamengo soccer game before they board their flight to the States at 11 pm tonight. Besides some little colds and swollen ankles, everyone will be returned to you happy, safe, and having met God!

The past few days have been a wonderful whirlwind! Sorry we have been too busy to post. On Friday we spent the day with a special school called Ball Out Front which was founded by the famous Brazilian soccer player, Jorginho. It is for children from the local slum. They come to school and everything they learn is based on the game of soccer. They learn the alphabet by the names of famous soccer players. They learn to count soccer balls. :) They learn to sing by chanting soccer cheers. It~s pretty incredible! We have seen many school aged children commit their lives to Jesus Christ for the first time and Ball Out Front was no exception!!!! We were able to share the Gospel in 2 different public schools this week and we felt that we were welcomed very warmly! Praise Jesus!

There are so many things that I could share but I don~t have a few hours just to sit and type. :) God has met us in incredible ways. That´s the only way to describe it. He came and changed us all! The highlights for me were seeing all our kids praise and worship God, being prayed for by these teenagers, seeing them love each other, encountering them reaching out with the Love of Jesus to the beautiful people of Brazil and the list goes on and on. Also, being loved by the Body of Christ in Brazil is pretty incredible!

We the leaders of the Brazil Youth Tour are committing to pray for all the people who went on tour for the next year. We have seen the power of prayer, of placing ourselves at the feet of Jesus and we want to continue doing that!

So, enjoy hearing all the excited stories tomorrow. Please know that God did what we asked of Him: He went before and with us!!

May the peace of Christ keep you and hold you!

Sarah B. (For the Eagles Staff)