Day 7 - May 15 - Tuesday

This morning we went to CoC school and performed for high school and college students, then again for elementary, middle, and high schoolers. From there we drove to a city called Varpa, which means "corn on the cob". If I understood Wanger correctly, it was started by a group of Lithuanians and Russians who were fleeing their government for religious freedom. We performed at a poor school there for a bunch of kids aged 7-14, then we drove back and stopped along the way to see Brazil's first Baptist church, and also at a beautiful little river running through Varpa. After a short break once we got back, we headed back to Sillas' church to prepare for a special youth service led by Renato. Youth from all over had come out for the event, which we started with a silly icebreaker before moving on to the main setup of the evening - an interview conducted by Wanger and Renato. All of us VISION members sat across the stage, with mics spread around for us to use to answer questions. The interview started out with fun questions, like what our favorite part of our time in Brasil was so far, or what it was like to be treated as celebrities by the school children we ministered to. We shared a couple of funny stories about life in America too, then they started asking more important questions about spiritual matters. Finally Renato asked for a few of us to tell them why we came to Brasil, or how we met Jesus. Mike, Dayna, Zach, and I all shared our testimonies (even though I hadn't planned on talking at all - that was definitely a Holy Spirit thing), then Renato and Wanger shared more with the kids, and the program was over. We hung out and talked with the kids afterward - everyone here loves to practice their English skills on us! Super fun. That was the end of our day. :)