Downtown Eastside.

Well we've arrived in East Van. It's been interesting. We're living in the attic of a church. Which we had to do an Extreme Make-Over: Attic Edition. It's taken a little while to get used to. Yesterday we met some of the Youth, and had gelato together. It was nice getting to know them; they're a wild bunch, that come from very broken homes. But I love them. My heart has already broken for them. They have really hit my heart. They we're wild and out of control and the day was complete chaos. But I loved them so much. And I just want the best for them; I want them to understand the compassion, grace and freedom that there is in Christ.

This is where we're sleeping. We still need to clean it out a bit more. And we have to move our stuff out every single morning so we don't die of Dust mites. It makes Team Germ's old living conditions look like a resort.

"After testifying and preaching the word of the Lord in Samaria, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem. And they stopped in many Samaritan villages along the way to preach the Good News." Acts 8:25

As a team yesterday we were reading through Acts 8. And those who think that God doesn't speak as clearly as did in biblical times. I'd like to say that's not true. Our team has continued to read through the books of Acts. And every single time it just seems to be written directly to us. It's crazy. That verse above. I just thought was absolutly perfect. It's our team in a nutshell. Peter and John wanted to go back to Jerusalem. Same as our team wants to get to Brasil. But on their journey they stopped in various places preaching and telling people about the Good News. I tottaly related that to our team. We started out in Abbotsford, and now in East Van. We have just stopped in a few places to spread Christ's love. It's all part of our team's journey to our final destination: Brasil.