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Family photo taken outside Corpo Central on our last Sunday in Brazil.

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Saturday, April 24, 2010

One warm, dry evening.

Every Tuesday evening we hold a prayer meeting at the hall between 8 - 9pm. Between 20 - 30 people come along and some come stright from work. It was a warm, dry evening last Tuesday (20th April) so I was able to stand at the entrance gate to our hall and give out copies of the Rumo (the Brazilian War Cry) to passers by.
I gave away 50 copies and not one person said, 'No thank you'. During the course of the evening I noticed a young woman (aged between 19 - 22 years old) walking by on the other side of the road dressed in shorts and a t-shirt. While I was wondering whether to cross the road and give her a Rumo she also caught the attention of 3 young men in a car. The car stopped suddenly in the middle of the road right outside the Salvation Army hall and one of the men called out to her. She threw back a comment and continued walking. I watched as the driver reversed the car up the road and continued to talk to her. I wasn't aware of whether she knew the men or not but at this point I became concerned for her. I prayed that she wouldn't get into the car.
The young woman continued to walk in the same direction and the driver then turned the car around in a junction and pulled up next to her about 300 yards from where I was standing. The young woman stopped and there was a conversation between her and the young men.
I wasn't sure whether she was in a vulnerable position or not but I felt that I couldn't just watch and do nothing. So, I walked up the road to where they were talking and asked the young woman if she would like a Rumo. She took a copy of the magazine and I gave one each to the young men in the car. I turned again to the girl and said, 'Tudo bem?' (everything ok?) and she said, 'Tudo' (everything). By now she was sitting on a low wall and smoking a cigarette. So, I walked back to the Salvation Army hall and when I looked back I noticed that the car had gone and the young woman was sitting on the low wall......reading the Rumo!

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