Speaking Portuguese in Arkansas

Yesterday we had Pastor Gomez & his wife with us in worship. Though he spoke in his limited English we welcomed them in Portuguese & our Worship Leader Brian sang a chorus for them in Portuguese. It was a great service as we heard his wife sing 2 familiar hymns in their language & Pastor Gomez shared his testimony. He was in the seminary at the age of 17 studying for the Catholic Priesthood. His brother was a Christian & he went to convert him to Catholicism. Long story short, it had the reverse effect & as Ildeu began reading God's Word it came alive in him & he accepted Christ as his Savior & Lord.
He also shared how the mission trip last October that I went on had impacted his church & his brother's church in Campinas, Brazil. Since the distribution of the 25,000 Bibles these churches together have baptized 48 people w/ several more waiting to be baptized. That's a person a week since the trip. What would happen if our churches were baptizing that many per year? No one will ever convince me God's Word is not powerful & life-changing.
Let us not forget God is still at work all over the world changing lives.