Well, the year has fully kicked in now, even in Brazil. School is half way into term and the church is doing well.

We have had a significant influx of families from the buildings that have been built over the last year. Let me share a small testimony with you. About 6 months ago some of the intercessors at our church asked me if they could do a prayer walk around the buildings being built adjacent to our church. Of course I told them yes and thought nothing more of it. Over the next few months we experienced several unexpected visits from families living in these buildings. Several of the families have begun attending our church and now we’ve started an exciting cell group as a consequence. This building has 22 stories of potential and is only 90 feet from our church building. Over 15 youth who live in the surrounding area have been attending. Yesterday one of our intercessors came up to me during our evening prayer meeting and shared this word with me out of Mark 11:1-11.

“[Jesus said to them] go into the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If any one asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell them, ‘The Lord needs it…’” Mark 11:2-3

To us this passage spoke deeply. Directly adjacent to our church are buildings with close to 6,000 people living in them. This is the village directly ahead of us. In that village are people who are most probably new to this area because the buildings are less than one year old. We are the disciples Jesus is talking to and the colts which are tied up need to be untied. Jesus’ commandment is clear, “Bring them here!” The reason is simple, He has a plan for their life, and He has need of them. The end of the story is tremendous; there was great joy as the whole village shouted, “Hosanna in the Highest.”