It is About Time I Update

Hello Everyone,

It has been a while since I have updated. It is hard because we are busy throughout the day with various things. An example schedule looks like this:

Monday/Friday:
8:00-Wake up and eat a delicious breakfast
10:00-Devotional time
11:00-We head over to campus to do evangelism for four hours
3:00- Head home via crazy bus
3:30-Rest for a little bit
4:30 or 5:00- Eat supper at a local launchette
7:00-World team meetings
9:00-Hangout

Tuesday/Thursday:
8:00-Wake up to the delicious breakfast
10:00-We have Bible study with the men on Tues. and on Thurs. we have discipleship
2:00-Head over to campus for Evangelism
6:00-Head home
7:00-Eat Supper
8:00-Meet with Community team to plan events
9:00-Hangout

Wednesday:
8:00-Wake up
9:30- We go to campus and look like zombies because we are so tired
1:30/2:00- Have a meeting with the group
4:00 to 5:30- We eat supper
5:30 to 9:30 - Date night with Jesus. We basically seclude ourselves from each other and dive into the Word.

So in other words we are busy. I get really tired at the end of each day. It is good however. To update you on how things are going, so far we have had 19 people accept Christ (probably more), I am meeting with two people to talk to people about Christ after talking with them for awhile. One girl I talked to for 2 1/2 hours and the other guy I talked to for about 20 minutes. God works in various ways.

Brasilians are really awesome people. They take time out of their day to talk to you and will even be late to class just so they can talk with you. They really like relational friendships, so they will do what they can for you. It is crazy different from the U.S. where we are so time conscious that we offer no time for anyone. Here they say they have like 20 minutes and they'll give you an hour (not all the time, but it is still cool).

They are very modest as well because we have to ask if they speak English at all and they will always say, "Eh, so so." This usually means that they can pretty much understand you and will speak English almost perfectly.

The students on the campus have it rough though. They have a really crappy public education program here in Brasil. Sometimes students don't even know how to spell when they reach middle school. Most students that enter USP (University of Sao Paulo) have had a private education. Also, to enter USP you have to take a test called the vestibular. It is not like the ACT's because it is much, much, much, much harder. Most have had to take a year off to study before they take the test. I have heard that some students even have taken 3-5 years to study this exam.

I am on the Engineering campus of USP called Poli. It has a diverse amount of students with different backgrounds and beliefs. I, however, fit in perfectly because when we ask them what makes Poli students unique, they say "nerdy." Oh yes, perfect fit for me. I have talked about video games, Magic the Gathering (card game), and other such fun stuff that either I am into or used to be into. Amazing.

One bad thing I can complain about is that after I got here I got a nasty head cold. I have ended each day passed out on my bed with 0 energy to spare. I am now better, but still am full of snot that just won't go away.

I have to go now, but don't worry because soon I will add photos of my journey on here so that you can see what is happening.

I will also start asking for prayers at the end of my blog posts and so if you could pray for those things, that would be awesome and very helpful.

Prayer list:

-Colds go away. A lot of us have become sick.
-We could meet students who want to hear about the Gospel (and that can speak English)
-Our Summer Project group would become closer and even more tight nit. Things have been going great and it will be great to become even closer to them.

Thanks everyone and I will hopefully get photos up soon.