Brazil 2024

In a small village on the Paraconi River in Brazil, the GO Team met Maciel. He was sitting in the shade with a friend, and they tried to ignore the group of evangelists. Macel wasn’t sure if they should speak with them, but after a moment they approached the two young men.

Maciel was shy at first and didn’t respond much, but when Macel shared with him a copy of the Hope magazine, something seemed to shift within him. Suddenly, he was ready to speak. He shared that he had escaped the grip of alcoholism through the help of his Saviour.

 It was then that Macel shared his own story. His father had struggled with the same addiction. After years, his father accepted Christ as his Saviour and began the long process of being rescued from the disease. The transformation had blessed their entire family, and his father is now a deacon in his church.

 Maciel was moved and thanked him for sharing his and his father’s story. He asked how he could learn how to share the gospel the same way as the GO Team. They filled out contact cards so that a local missionary could come back and speak with them about this.

 But that wasn’t the end of the team’s story with Maciel. Later in the evening, a church service was held in the village. And Maciel was there to join them.

 GOing and sharing the gospel changes lives. It changes the people who GO. It changes the people who hear the gospel for the first time. And it empowers believers around the team to share the gospel in their communities.