Photo: Site of the upcoming Crusade in Santa Gertrudes, Brazil

SANTA GERTRUDES, SP, BRAZIL-- In mid March we traveled to Santa Gertrudes to scout the city for potential crusade sites. The above photo is the decided venue for the crusade. We chose it because it is centrally located and the majority of the city can assess it by walking, driving or taking the bus service. This space will be fully under a tent with 5k chairs set up. There will also be space for thousands more around the perimeter. You can see the header photo of the newsletter for a glimpse of what it will look like.

In October of 2014 we held the Rio Claro crusade. The president of the pastors council from the neighboring city of Santa Gertrudes was present in the crowd all three nights. The power and presence of the Lord, the salvations, and miracles stirred his heart. He introduced himself to us at the crusade and said that he was going to gather the pastors of his city to believe and begin praying for a crusade there.  

Photo: Special meeting with the Mayor Rogerio (middle pink shirt), the president of the pastors council Pr. Rogerio Buschinelli (second from the right in the white shirt) and some of the pastors from the city that represent various denominations.  

The Mayor of the city of Santa Gertrudes requested to meet us. So on Monday April 11th, 2016 we met with the Mayor to discuss our vision for the crusade.  We had a blessed meeting and the mayor gave All Nations the "green light" to proceed. PRAISE GOD! The city has a month long birthday celebration starting in August. We will open the celebrations with a two-day Gospel Crusade declaring the Word of God and making Jesus known to the whole city! AMEN! I've got goosebumps just thinking about it. Can you imagine the implications? A whole city hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ. We have a lot of work to do in preparations. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PARTNER WITH US AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE ALL THIS POSSIBLE.  

When we came to Brazil the Lord showed us that Jesus went to the small towns to preach the "Good News" of the Gospel and healed the sick. This is the pattern we want to follow. Santa Gertrudes has a population of about 30K people. Many evangelists would pass this city by because it is not metropolitan, but it is exactly the type of city Jesus would go to. The size of the city is ideal to preach the gospel ensuring that every household in the city has contact with the events of the crusade and will hear the "Good News."

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You never know how your life or how your simple words of encouragement can change the course of someone's life. Pastor Rogerio told me this testimony about a word of encouragement I gave him and the subsequent events that followed.

He said, "Do you remember the word you gave me in July when you were here preaching? You said, 'Don't give up pastor, persevere and always have an expectation that with the Lord all things are possible.' " Quite honestly, I don't remember, but he did. He said from that moment everything had changed for him. 

Someone asked him to go pray for an acquaintance (a drug dealer) whose father was in the hospital with a trachea and on his last hours to live. The drug dealer son wanted the pastor to pray for his dying father. Pr. Rogerio went into the hospital and remembered the words of encouragement. Pr. Rogerio prayed for the man and said, "If you can hear me squeeze my finger." The man squeezed.  "I'm going to pray that Jesus heals you." The man squeezed. After the prayer he said, "Now your son is outside the door, if you can hear me squeeze my finger." The man squeezed his finger. "I'm going to share Jesus with your son, okay?"  Again, he squeezed his finger.  One week later the father was out of the hospital with a full recovery and the son and the father both gave their lives to Jesus. Oh PRAISE GOD! Pastor Rogerio said, "Everyday, I hear those words you spoke to me in my spirit... EVERYDAY. The way I live and my expectation has changed in my life."

It gets even better. The drug dealing son, asked the pastor to come to his home because he wanted to have church in his home and he invited some of his customers to come. Three got saved and he said, I will share Jesus with all my old customers and win all of them for Jesus Christ!  

Just imagine, that such a simple word of encouragement could impact someone so much and in turn that impacted others, and then again others and then again others down the line.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS!  

Pastor's Conference

Saturday May 7, 2016