Philip B. @OneofTen@dingdash.com

I forgot to mention one or two other things: my permanent residency there in Brazil expires at the end of October and can only be renewed from within the country.
Also, I say I'm self-employed, I should say I'm God-employed, but I love what I do here and I'm not so sure that it really exists in Brazil, what I do here. And I understand that I may not do there, what I do here, and I'm doing my best to be okay with that. It is in many ways a huge sacrifice and it sounds good, but I want to be able to move forward and press past the obstacles (even those in my mind: debt, work, etc.) And I have been believing and will continue to believe that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the Living. My parents obviously don't want us to go, we don't know how long we'll be gone (1.5 years?, 3 years?, 5 years?, forever?)
Thank you for your prayers and encouragement, I do covet them.
Thank you.

..Continued..
We moved back to the US back in March '15.
I DO believe in miracles! I serve a miracle-working God. I'm asking for prayer. My wife is a full-time stay at home mom who home-schools our children, she's amazing. And we have believed that maybe God would use Brazil to launch us out to other countries to share the Gospel. We also have a heart for/feel a draw to Africa, Mexico and Central/South America and Asia. That's not all-encompassing, I've also considered middle-eastern countries.
Well, the Lord knows all. I know I've been pretty quiet on here for privacy's sake, but I felt that I should reach out, open up and ask for prayer, so thank you in advance.
Blessings be upon you in Jesus' name.

I'm requesting prayer tonight.
I'm feeling a little down and feeling the pressure of things around. My wife and our 4 children and I are planning on moving to Brazil in around 100 days from now. We believe we have heard from the Lord over a period of a few years.
We already have our plane tickets (SkyMiles used), we are working on moving out (less than 2 months remains on our lease), I still have a crud-ton of debt that I am believing for God to miraculously remove or help with so that I can leave no debt unpaid. I have not received exact details from the Lord on what I will be doing there (ministry or small store or both or import/export).
A little background: I was invited to preach in Brazil a little over 10 years ago and went towards the end of 2011, well needless to say, the Holy Ghost revealed to us that the Pastor's daughter would be my wife (on the day before leaving from a 2 week mission), and almost 10 years later, we are 9 (happy) years married and have 4 children......

@sinbach
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@tanjaostman
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@erdenpilger @Knittinggrace
Thinking about what the woman said to you, (and imagining the voice and with which she said it), is it terrible to say, I could see someone from Germany speaking that way?!
I'm not mad at Germans, I've actually never been to Germany, although I have German blood in me.
That lady sounds crazy or as my mom would say, 'coo-coo'.

Amen, better to be a fool for Jesus than one of the sheeple of the world.

@Justinmartyr
...I'm currently in the US (Midwest), but it looks like there is a push for this whole 'wear a mask until fully vaccinated' and YES! I fully DEFY that devilish garbage! I'll either continue to walk in as if I am free and if it ever comes to the point where they want to force me, I can always use the line, "You say I must wear a mask/be fully vaccinated.
But that is Man's word, God's word (the Bible) says that MUST be born again and that there is no other name by which you must (can) be saved except the name of Jesus Christ! So whether I wear the mask or not is not the real issue, the real issue is what are you going to do with Jesus and the Truth of God's word?!? Embrace Jesus or reject Him?"
I've had this one in the holster for a while.
But if people in the future get too confrontational and want to fight too much, I may become a mask-wearer until I can flee the country, idk. The best thing to do is ask the Lord, He always knows what to do and never lets us down. :)

@Justinmartyr
Wow! Justin Martyr you just described exactly what I do everywhere I go! Thank God that most places (although the sign "demanding" mask-wearing is present) I don't have to wear a mask and no one says anything. I hate confrontation, but yes, I will politely argue and even explain some fallacies, many times when I walk into a smaller store and people see me without a mask, sometimes they'll lower their mask or remove it, of course you do have those people out there who'll look at you funny, most of the time I just walk on and pay no mind.
I always want to refuse the mask as much as possible. There is one store where the owner and I are quasi-political opposites, and he has flicked me off pointing to his mask, giving me an evil stare and I just asked him if he was flicking me off and his eyes just got bigger and bigger pointing to his mask.
Now because I'm self-employed and consider myself (occasionally) to need his business, I know when I go there I'll have 2 wear a mask

@sinbach
Putting chili on top of spaghetti! Also known as a 3-way (topped off with shredded cheddar cheese). Of course I get the cheese on the side and decorate it with oyster crackers first, prior to piling on the cheese.

@tanjaostman
Nice! I should've known that! Maybe I even did and just forgot. LoL. I guess you could say he's the most playful Dr. that I've never yet met! 😂

https://backtojerusalem.com/podcast/episode-575-should-christians-ever-break-the-law/

I enjoyed this podcast! I really do need to listen to more of these. I loved the online/in person analogy/reality point that was made. Genius! And the throat punch comment 😆 just cracks me up. Very entertaining and encouraging to receive insight on so many different things worldwide. God be Praise and enjoy this podcast by Eugene Bach, I wanna say Dr. Eugene Bach, it slides right out of the mouth so easily, although I'm not sure he's a Dr. LoL