Update #2

I just needed to update you again once more as we just experienced the most amazing night of worship & fellowship. Cristina ( the full time missionary here) arranged for the women of the group to have a tea time with some of the women she has gotten to know and love.  It was awesome!  She had 2 women share their testimony of surviving breast cancer & leukemia. Each woman spoke with passion & confidence of God’s love for them & their love for God & others. The first woman, Soyemis was diagnosed with cancer at a time in her life where she was feeling depressed and really didn’t care much that she had the disease.  She was blessed by several people in her life telling her that she was going to be okay and that God would provide for her.  She also was prayed over by an American group that came to Brazil and filled her with love & hope of God the healer.  I was so overcome with emotion that I cried and felt the Lord lead me to pray for her.  The next woman is only 27 years old and was diagnosed with leukemia and also is currently in remission.  She also experienced the love of God~s people through bone marrow transmissions & lots of prayer.  Both women went through radiation & chemo, but trusted the Lord throughout and really learned to depend on Him and not themselves.  Regiane ( the second woman) is going to get married this year and her fiancé came in and joined us when we were drinking tea & enjoying snacks and he started an impromptu worship time.  He sang both in English & Portuguese and it was beautiful. The people here are beautiful, warm and loving. I already feel like they could be life long friends. We have laughed, sang, cried and shared life tonight and it was pure & holy.

-Ang

Hey it’s Cassie… Well you may or may not of heard all the crazy clumsy thing that have happened but I can’t help when the clumsiness is passed down. Yesterday I attempted to swing on a vine. Just as I swang over an edge, the vine broke and I fell flat on my back. Well today as if that wasn’t enough, I finally saw a cat here in Brazil. As I tried to pet it, a donkey was near it. That donkey was NOT fond of me. It looked at me, turned around, and kicked. Thank God I have a quick reaction time because just as it kicked I arched my back and booked it. The donkey missed me by less than an inch… Brazil is definitely interesting. I am so thankful I have had the opportunity to come. Not just for these interesting moments but for the opportunity as a young girl to get to know my personal Savior as a more personal friend. See ya!

-Cass