Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Erin

I am very happy to report that Erin has decided that she wants to become a career missionary.  I know I’m biased in my opinion that she is a special kid. She already speaks English, and Portuguese fluently and she has a working fluency in Spanish.  On her own, she has decided to learn Arabic as well.  She is seriously praying about missions in the Middle East, possibly Egypt.

This week she jumped into the Pepe program with both feet and has seen some amazing results.  The other day I was at the Cora Coralina public school where she was working with the kids from Pepe.  I noticed that she was sitting with a kid on the steps so I snapped a picture of her.  I later asked how things went and she said he had received Christ. 

A few days later she and another kid from Pepe visited him at home and his mother received Christ as well.  That Sunday they were at the Copacabana church.  Pray for Luiz Fernando and his mother. These are only two examples from a very fruitful week for Erin many opther kids prayed with her for salvation as well.  I told her the other day that I believe she has the gift of evangelism.  The thought of returning to Brazil next time without her is something I avoid thinking about.