I Made It!

After approximately 25 hours of traveling, I made it to Brazil. We had long layovers and delays because of hurricanes, but I'm here now. Praise God.

There were about 15 of us flying out of Harrisburg together. Even though we didn't know each other to start, we grew a quick bond. We watched out for each other and laughed a lot on this long journey. As we got to Sao Paulo and waited for our buses, we met even more people. Friendships come easily. I'm sure my facebook account will have many new friends in the coming weeks.

I think one of the best things about the group of us (13-29 year olds) is that everyone is on fire for God and wants to see Him move in poder (Portuguese for power). I know people who want to experience the miraculous, but sometimes, I feel that I'm kind of out there on a limb. I read about past revivals, and current ones, where people experience God like the way people experienced them in the Bible. But not everyone is comfortable with that in current times. I feel at home with all of these new friends (a couple hundred of us). All of them are nut jobs like me. We actually believe God can part a sea and heal the blind. He did it before, He continues to do it, and He'll do it through us!

Our bus ride was about 6 hours from Sao Paulo to Curitiba. When I was awake, I got amazing views of the Brazilian countryside. As for mountain ranges, it is very similar to Pennsylvania. But the trees and forests are much more lush with a larger variety of plants. Palm trees, banana trees, banana tree fields, pine trees, and many other kinds that I couldn't identify. What a beautiful country.

We got to the hotel around 9pm Curitiba time (one hour before EST) and after getting kind of cleaned up, we had an awesome night of worship. I forget the name of the worship team, but I'm bringing home one of their CD's. I don't usually cry that much in worship since I'm leading it so much. But to just sit and soak while an anointed team rocks the house is a true blessing. I still prefer to be playing guitar and singing, but it is a nice change every once and a while.

I should be able to update this daily, so I'll go ahead and close this out. Mais poder! Vem aqui! (More power! Come in the place!)