Sam headed home

Samantha McDaniel is getting ready to return home this month. Mark Davies, Sam's team leader from Youth With a Mission wrote:

Oi Amigos,

I can’t believe a week has already passed since I last wrote...time has flown!

We have been staying at the Restoration Farm and continuing our work
here. But, being that this was our last official week of ministry, we are happy that it was also packed with lots of additional opportunities.

Here at the farm, we continue to be amazed at how God is at work.

While in Fortaleza we have seen numerous kids who spend their
days....and nights...living on the streets; searching for their next
meal and often sustaining themselves only by the fumes of paint thinner or glue.

But, here at the farm, those same boys who once
lived like that have a completely new life and great hope for their
future! We have really connected with them and will be sad to leave
them soon.

Aside from the farm we have also worked with a local kid’s ministry
called the Manna Project. This ministry’s goal is to enrich the lives
of children living in rural communities outside Fortaleza.

Wednesday, we had a really random opportunity. We were invited to the post office...of all places...to participate in a community action program. As this city has SO many social problems, it was awesome to bring the solution of a loving, healing, and restoring God to the minds of the city’s influential people. Later we found out that the post office is one of the most influential institutions in all of Brazil, so the fact that WE were invited was really quite significant.

We followed this event with an all-night prayer and worship time for
Fortaleza and the ministry YWAM is doing here.

Friday and Saturday we spent in the city center. We visited 2 youth
prisons, held a huge assembly at a a juvenile center, worked in the
local slums(favales) and did a street program in the heart of
Fortaleza. We have truly been blessed to do all that we have. The
Lord sent us here to serve and love this city and He has been faithful to set up many opportunities for us to do so.

Thank you SO much for your prayers! Please stick with us to the end!

We head to our debrief location on Tuesday and back to the states on
Friday. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Lots of love! `Chow,` The Brazil Team