Personal Narrative: My Brazil Mission Trip

It’s the largest country in South America! It is also the world’s largest country by geographical area with a population of 192 million people. It is the only Portuguese -speaking country in the Americas. The summer of 2011, I counted down the days until I until my trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil. This was the first mission trip I had ever been on with other people. As a matter of fact, it was the first time I had flown out of the country. On Saturday, July 16, 2011, we had finally arrived at the airport in Brazil. After getting our suitcases, we found the pastors’ from the churches that we were going to be working with. When we arrived at the hotel, we went and had lunch. Afterwards, we all went back to our rooms to freshen up and get
As I looked out the window I saw people sleeping on the ground or on top of trash bags. I also saw them digging through the trash bags, trying to find something to eat. As we rode down the road and I saw more people lying on the corner and on the ground, I began to cry. Seeing this shattered my heart into a million pieces. I couldn’t believe my eyes, at what I saw. I wanted to get off the bus and help them in any way that I could. As we pulled into the hotel parking lot, I got off the bus and went to my room. I was too devastated to eat anything; all I wanted to do was sleep. But before I lay down to sleep, I knelt down to say a prayer. I prayed that they would have a better life, and that someone would come into their lives and teach them about God and his love for us. On the Tuesday, July 19, and Wednesday, July 20, we had a lot to do. Which included getting all the crafts prepared for the vacation bible school, putting air in the soccer balls for the sports event, delivering a package of food to one of the families in need, and doing a little more street evangelism. On Tuesday I got to help deliver the food to the family in need. I also got to demonstrate my evangecube to the family as