Rain, Rain, Go Away

Right now, it's winter in Brazil. For all of you Arkansans reading this, forget about what you think winter is. Here, winter basically means it rains a lot. For instance, it started raining yesterday morning (it's currently 2:30 am here. no, I don't know why I'm still awake.). And it hasn't stopped since. It poured all day long. Torrential downpours at times. In fact, I'm listening to a torrential downpour right now. It's actually quite beautiful. And this isn't the first time we've experienced this kind of rain here in the last month. Parts of the city are underwater. I keep expecting Noah to roll up in the ark any minute.

In case any of you are wondering why I'm living here in Brazil for an entire year, let me share something with you. Last Thursday, I was reading with a guy. He's been doing LST since last September, about 10 months total, so he's already read Luke and has moved on to Acts. We were reading in the Acts workbook about Peter and John getting in trouble for healing a man (see Acts 4:1-22). In this passage, Luke quotes the psalmist (Psalms 118:22), referring to Jesus as the cornerstone (or capstone). We discussed what this meant for our lives. Then he said something that made my heart praise God. He said, "I don't have a Bible. But I think I will buy one so I can read more about Jesus." That, my friends, is exactly why I'm in Brazil with Let's Start Talking.

Imagine how life-changing it would be for you to hear something like that as a result of you talking to someone about Jesus. It's possible with a little thing called short-term missions. Think about it. I know a great mission organization that would love to help you. Just go here.