snowball church

before i begin sharing about God's work at the 'snowball' church, everyone should know we all finally experienced an authentic churrascaria yesterday! there was sooooo much meat and abigail f, daniel l, and i are in agreement that this was the best roast beef we have ever eaten, hands down. daniel l and i ate more than 2 cuts of the roast beef because it just melted in our mouths. my mouth is now watering as i type this. we had a blast and are grateful for the experience. our entire team is grateful for the experience and food. by the way, pictures to come once we return, especially of the extremely rare cut that daniel l ate.

"bola de neve: in Jesus we trust" is the name on the logo of the church we visited last night. it is nicknamed the 'surfer' church and definitely shows. the altar is literally a surfboard and waves underneath it as the base. there is grafitti and paintings, but all to the glory of God and a coffee shop in the back entrance. this is the dream place to reach the youth and even adults who are young at heart. the pastor and i look like twins, but he wears a different set of eyeglass frames! there was a lot of work for God to do last night, but we were being attacked even more last night. i was on the intercessory team that prayed in an 'upper room' behind the altar during worship and the brief sermon. one of intercessory prayer team members all of sudden broke loose and laid his hands to pray over me. i looked up and he was not praying in the Holy Spirit. he then quickly moved to another team member for 5 seconds, then moved to the middle of the room before he crashed on the floor in convulsion. another team member and i immediately laid hands on him and commanded in Jesus' Name for that evil spirit to flee. he coughed and drooled as we continued to command in Jesus' Name. he was done coughing, but the evil spirit was not completely gone. he could not pick up his left forearm off the floor. it was ice cold and heavy and i could not pick it up either. we continued to pray, command, then blessed his body in Jesus' Name. thanks be to God, he was released!

God gave me a vision during our intercessory time and saw a heavy boat anchor dropping into the sand at the bottom of the ocean floor. however, the ocean water was shallow, dark, and muddy. normally, the water surrounds the anchor after dropping, but this muddy water was separated down the middle, like moses. we were definitely under attack as abigail f. was discouraged and did not want to pray anymore, while another girl on our bus could not stop coughing as she attempted to pray. they both stopped after laying hands on (3) three people. the good news is that God still had the glory as others were saved, physical healed, blasted by the Holy Spirit, encouraged, etc. God definitely had the last word last night as that anchor and broke through that dark water.

i have a few testimonies to write up and need to get downstairs for breakfast. please continue to pray, "more, Lord, more!!!"