God is in Brasil!

Discover the meaning and outlook of the statement, "God is in Brasil." Although God is everyone I am so pleased to say that I see God on the faces and in the lives of the YWAM workers as well as the students I stand beside in Masters. Including me. We dont want to live to merely exist, we want to exist to live for Him.

Being here in Brasil is an amazing exsperience working and learning along side other young people who share a heart for the Gospel. The kids are awsome to. The first week I got here was just, go go go. Which was cool. I enjoyed every second of that week.

It took me so long to get here, but every second, every minute, every hour and every day I waited was worth what is infront of me now. What God placed in front of me. If it werent for that waiting period of 8 months I would have never been as close to God as I am now, nor would I have faith in Him like I do now.

Faith isnt just having a bunch of money and thanking God for that. It's about beleiving that God will provide even when you dont have money. Dont get me wrong, if you have money and your thanking God for that I'm not saying you dont have faith, But what is faith if one second you have faith when you are doing so well and can afford to put food on the table and then you realize you dont have money and cant afford much of anything anymore and you suddenly lose that faith?

God is so amazing and He is doing some amazing things here in Brasil and in our lives. As a first year in Masters Commission, my first year ends in June. I will be doing a second year with Masters. That will start in September. I will not be going home during the time between my first year and second year.

None of this is possible without God, because if it were then I'd have an Ego, (Edging God Out.) I ray for sponsorship and to be honest I have none. But God is a God of miracles and He will put people in my life to help me do His work. He's an awsome God. So if your reading this I ask you please pray and if you could, could you please sponsor me? You can donate quick and easy by clicking on the DONATE NOW icon right here on my page. Thank you for reading. And God Bless you and your family!

Tachau (Chow) (Bye)
God Bless you,
and your family.
Jamie Lynn

Touch down!

Have you ever waited for something for so long in faith that God would and could make it happen? In faith did you wait and in faith did you receive? One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Mathew 7:7 Ask and you shall revieve, seek and you will find and knock and the door will be opened to you. That was the verse that I leaned on most while waiting for God to get us our Visas and that is still the verse I continue to lean on. I´ve been in Brasil for 1 week today and my birthday was yesturday! God has an amazing way of romance. He gave me an amazing gift for my 20th birthday and that gift was Brasil. People thought it wasnt going to happen and to be honest there were times I got so frusterated I just felt like throwing in the towel but God has other plans for me!
Brasil has been amazing so far and its only been 1 week since I arrived! God is faithful and he is doing so much for us as a team and individually. To walk into the recanto house, the restoration house, or the refuge house and see a kid smiling it makes my heart fly and makes me realize even more that God is doing amzing things and I did something right by coming. Actually by comeing I´ve done many things right I have yet to see.
I have to go for now! I´ll right more later. There is so much to tell I just wanted to let you know I was here and alive!
Tchau *Chow*
Jamie Lynn

What are we coming to as a church? Excommunicating others?~~Brasil~~

Is this what we're coming to as a church? Abortion is in fact wrong and if I could change it I would. But as you read on in this article, the church is wrong as well! What is the world! We're suppose to be showing love and support, forgiveness and grace! Thats what Christ would do, and we're suppose to live as Christ. As it says in 1 John 1:6....

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman

RECIFE, BRAZIL, March 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Archbishop of the Brazilian city of Recife has announced the excommunication of a doctor who performed an abortion on a nine year old girl, as well as the family members who made the decision to carry out the procedure.

The girl, whose name has not been revealed by the Brazilian media, was found to be pregnant with twins recently. Her stepfather has confessed that he began molesting her at the age of three and that he is the father of the child. He is under arrest pending an investigation of his relationship with his stepdaughter, as well as her 14 year old sister.

Although doctors at the hospital where the girl was initially admitted, Imip, reportedly said that her life was not in danger, her mother reportedly transferred her to another hospital, Cisam, that was willing to do the abortion, which is not penalized under Brazilian law because the girl was raped.

José Cardoso Sobrinho, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, confirmed that while the child would not be held accountable for the act, the doctor who carried out the abortion and anyone who assisted or gave their approval were excommunicated by the Church.

"To be subject to this penalty is it is necessary to be of age. The Church is very benevolent, especially with minors," the Archbishop told the media. "Now the adults, those who approved, who carried out this abortion, are excommunicated."

Sobrinho brushed aside the notion that the legality of the abortion under Brazilian law was a sufficient excuse for those involved.

"The law of God is above all human law," he said. "Therefore, when a human law, meaning a law promulgated by human legislators, is contrary to the law of God, this human law has no value."

Abortion, he said, is "homicide against innocent life. We are talking about a silent holocaust, that kills a one million innocents in Brazil and fifty million in the world every year, a holocaust worse than the six million Jews, which we lament every year."

The Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife was preparing to file a motion to prevent the abortion when news arrived that it had already been carried out.

The Archbishop's decision to announce the excommunication, which is automatic under the Church's law for those who participate in an abortion, was met with denunciations publicized by Brazil's media, which is dominated by liberal ideologues. Among those quoted was Brazil's pro-abortion health minister, Jose Gomes Temporao, who repeated the claim that the girl was at risk from the pregnancy.

Hungry For More?

Are you hungry for more? I sure am! Do you have a craving for something more then just getting by with friends? I do! My God is an awesome God and I am hungry for him! I am hungry to become the women my God, my daddy, my Savior wants me to be! I will lay my life down at the foot of the cross and pick up that cross and follow after Him.
During this time of 9 months of reflection He has become more real to me then ever before! He has made Himself known and seen in ways I will have a hard time describing! He has been so so faithful to us as a team and us individually as well.
I have got to say that Masters Commission has been so good for me, but as I say that, I have go to say this as well. Masters Commission isnt God, and it doesnt make God real. It's a choice to follow after God and its a choice to seek Him and worship Him. What Master Commission does do is it brings structure, stability, a place, to call home, brothers and sisters in Christ, Discipline, team building, growth and much more! But you can't grow unless you let yourself grow.
Here in Masters Commission I have brought my fair share and then some of strife and attitude, but you have to be approachable! You can't phone it in, you have to pursue, and seek Him full heatedly!
I'm hungry for more! I'm in a place right now where I not only want to change but need to change. Being challenged does wonders for me! I like to prove people wrong! They beleive I cant do it, I'll prove to them I can. They say I can't walk, I say they are wrong God is my feet. They say I'm too stupid, I'll prove to them I'm smarter then any 5th grader! Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
I'm hungry for more, to become more, to change my ways, my mind set, my mouth, my eyes, my heart, and everything else! I give them all to Him! Because I'm hugry for more!
Jamie Lynn
Tchau

God is good, He is my supply!

If you think about yourself what is one thing you want to hear from a friend or a family member? Oh, you cant think of one? Do you give up? I know for me what I long for and in fact sometimes still long to here in my hearts of hearts is that someone doesnt know what they'd do without me. And I can guarantee all the people in this world wanted to here that more then anything else and sometimes still do want to hear that. Is there a reacurance? Do you see the similarities? The similarities between you and God? Do you see them? We are made in His image and everything we have been tempted with, He has been twempted too. So if you just think about it, it makes since that we want to here that stated. Want to know why? Because God is our Father! Infact, God wants you, yes you! And me, yes me! To realize we cant do it our our own. He wants us to cry out to Him, not only in times of need, but in times of rejoice! He wants to hear us say that we dont know what we would do without Him. He want to hear us say we love Him. So arent there similarities? Yes there are! We have needing in our hearts for something more, for something great, and that something more and great is God! God wants you, God needs you! God loves you! God cares for you! God is our Father! God is my Bestfriend and yours too! God wants you to stop what your doing right now and tell Himw ant He means to you, He wants you to fall to your knees and tell Him you love Him. God wants you to accpt Him as your Father! Forget the lies of the enemy! And dont listen to the opinions of those who dont beleive in Him. Because those are also the lies of the enemy! So you see when your wanting someone else to fill the spot of God, like your boyfriend, or bestfriend, remember it will never be enough till you accept our Father!
Christ loves you,
Jamie Lynn