The Deal On Brazil...

I guess I should specify my Brazil dreams because everyone does not seem to be up on this track. So lemme break it down for you right quick!...

God started to plant Brazil on my heart when he had me read "A Cry From The Streets"...I looked on the back of the book and it said it was published by YWAM. Thats how i came to look more into YWAM and eventually ended up here in LA:) It has been a few years since i read that book, but the stories and the passion for the kids within this country did not leave my heart. The book explained about YWAM's ministry with the enormous population of "street children" that live on the sidewalks of Brazil. These kids are terrorized and often murdered by the corrupt police who say they are "cleaning up the streets". Its ridiculous.

YWAM has several different bases located all over Brazil...one house that works with little girls coming out of prostitution...another house that works with boys that are addicted to sniffing glue and other harder drugs.

I have wanted to go to Brazil for a few years now, but did not know how to do missions or what that looked like...and have battled through doubts of personal ability in this area. In addition, I have had and still do have school loans that I need to repay. So I have been processing and waiting for God to continue to develop and lead me in this dream...towards my heart.

A month or so ago, God placed a new plan in my head concerning Brazil. It was 6am on a saturday morning and i was suddenly awaken from a deep sleep with a very distinct and clear thought that randomly jumped my head and myself awake. Given that it was, 1. 6AM lol...and 2. So randomly placed and so clear...and then 3. that we just had teaching on hearing from the Holy Spirit haha....I was 100% certain that this thought was from my Daddy. One more piece of background info for ya...right before coming to YWAM LA, I had read a book called "A Boy Raised As A Dog", in which a psychiatrist/doctoral psychologist tells about his stories of the traumatized children that he has worked with in counseling them. This man, named, Bruce Perry, works with other colleagues in researching how children respond to trauma and what the best ways of working with them are. It is an amazing read if you are interested. But yeah....so the thought was this: that I should get in touch with this guy, Dr. Perry, and work it so that he employs me to do research and counseling with the traumatized children that YWAM works with in Brazil. Integrating professional counseling techniques (mainly TF-CBT aka Trauma-Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy...my favorite) with the Christian faith and the ultimate need for these children to have Jesus in their lives. I realize its quite the task and challenge...but thats my life=) where some have told me it would be impossible or that i'm not being realistic...i continue to think big...to think with Jesus...and allow HIM to make the impossible possible! I can only trust Him...because I know that this is his dream too...i could never have thought this big and He knew that haha....I am laughing at myself because I once wondered how God could ever dream bigger than me lol. how prideful is that??! well...he has a funny way of proving me wrong. and I LOVE HIM FOR THAT!!!!!! pray for me! You are all held in my heart.