BRAZIL-ARGENTINA-CHILE- BEEF COUNTRY

Tomorrow, P. Stan, P. Gary Thorton, Stambo, and myself are flying out to the beautiful city of Flordenopolis in Brazil for a weekend conference with a few churches in South America.. My Dad, P. Stambo, and P. Drew Wilzcheck are coming from the States, which is going to be fantastic... We are there for the weekend then on Monday we head down to Buenos Airos in Argentina to be with P. Lamos , his fifteen kids and the church. P. Drew is going to continue his trip by coming with us on the day and a half bus trip. Stambo and I where talking a few months ago about this trip and we both decided to make the trip best as possible, we needed the missionary from Tennessee to be with us. Two days later P. Stan received a call from the states, and who do you think it was? The touring missionary, P. Drew himself who just caught wind of are plans to cover a few thousand miles in a little less then 2 weeks. He quoted P. Stan his famous line "I cant miss out on this run" and Just like that Me and Stambos prayer was answered. So we are excited to have P. Drew with us on are endeavor to cover thousands of miles of road in just a few days. We couldnt be happier, he is the man.....

Along with visiting the believers in these countries and building them up we will be participating in one of my favorite American past times. Eating. I was told by the Big Man himself (P. Stan) that when we cross the border from Brazil into Argentina, I will be entering into Beef Country. More Cows cover the hills of Argentina then the sand along the sea shore. He tells me innumerable Cows roam the country side that are well feed, hardly worked and most importantly ready to eat. Sirloin, Filet, Bottom Roast, T-Bone, any cut your little heart can think of will be at our disposal. Beef For breakfast, Beef for lunch, Beef for dinner and for the Argentinians late night dinner (which is totally bonus and got me excited). They are known for firing up the grill at 11 pm for a late night rap. How could you not love talking about the word with a T-Bone in one hand and a Filet in the other. Come On, simply amazing. ... We will be up to our elbows in Beef...
If anyone back home has been to the all you can eat beef restaurant "Fogo De Chow" downtown Baltimoe, you know what I am talking about. This restaurant changed my whole perspective on eating. It is Basically pure gluttony... Fogo De Chow is a brazilian steak house that I am told is setup just as a steak house in Brazil. Which means you have copious amounts of beef coming to your table for as long as you want. They actually give you a card that is "red" on oneside and "green" on the other when you first come into the place. You place the card in front of you on the table. As long as your card is on green the servers swarm around your table with huge sears of Beef. They procede to load your plate with steaming hot red meat, Lamb chops, pork (which is a waist of space) and some of the best Filet Migon you could taste. My cousin Bailey didnt turn his card over for 2 1/2 hrs. and let me tell you he kept up with those servers. They were working overtime. It was an amazing site to see. I have to admit I was proud of him, he can eat with the best of them. He puts me under the table. So Bals I will be thinking of you while I am down there, wish you were down here with..... I think you can tell that I love to eat. Going to Fogo is definatly something you do with the guys cause I dont think girls are too into having a contest with you to see how many pounds of red meat you can eat.But when you go with the guys its game time. Its a little pricey to the wallet, but if you can eat, it pays for itself. Little side note, dont plan on doing strenous activities the next day, its hard to move....

Church tonight was fantastic. ( I am trying to use other words then good. I am realizing the more i write these blogs that i have to get my face in a Dictionary and learn a few Synonyms for good. Its killing me so it must be killing you people who are reading these stupendous Blogs. I pulled up a dictionary online and typed in good for synonyms and it gave me 477 different words, so I think I have options. Alot of them would make me sound ridiculous, but thats ok. I could use words such as admirable, excellent, marvelous, proficient, stupendous, superb, superior, first-class, first-rate, congruous, salubrious, but I usually settle for good. I am working on it so hang with me..).. P. stan preached an advantageous message on "Being Sent". A perfect message for a man or woman on the field. If we are submitted to our Authority, our covering, and are sent out by them we have great liberty in what we are doing. We have Grace in our walk ,great Authority in our lives and are covered. We here in Peru are not lone sharks out by our selves but are under Baltimore and through that we are covered and have great Grace for what we are doing.And we really do..... I love that we have Authority in our lives. We can have confidence in what we are doing. We dont boast in our own Authority or confidence but in his. God has it for us......

Sunday morning I did the intro. I preached on Rm 8.35-38, we are lambs going to the slaughter but we are more then conquers because we could never be separated from his love. Who has the power the lamb or the one who is going to take the lambs life. Naturally it seems easy. The one with the Knife seems to have the power, but its not. Its the lamb who has the authority because he lays down his life. He is the one who has control.... Christ came to die, he gave his life. He told Pilate, "You have no authority other then what was given to you from my Father" Ha Ha. You cant take my Life, but I am giving it as a ransom for sin.. The King of Kings, All powerful, creator of heaven and earth humbled himself to give his life. God all mighty became a lamb because he had all power... Rev 5 he is a lamb but he is also a Lion. The powerful Lion can also be a Lamb.. That through becoming a Lamb he won the battle..... That we also are Lambs going to the slaughter but through this death we have the Lion nature in us. That we have these two natures in us, and sometimes we are weak little lambs, but we know also that we are lions with his power and authority reigning in our mortal bodies.. That sometimes we may feel as though we have no authority in our life, no power, no motivation. Just know that we are more then conquers and all power in heaven and earth belongs to God and in Ephesians 4. He is in all, IN YOU.. We have the ability to lay our lives down because we know of resurrection life and his Power... Praise God.... Psalm 119:25 "My Soul clings to the dust but Quicken me according to your word".... Gideon says "I am the weakest", God says "Valiant man of God". Exodus 3 "Moses your my man" Moses says "Who am I oh Lord."and God responds and says "Just Go". Receive this power, this nature of Christ that is now in YOU. He was a Lamb but Also he was also a Lion. WE HAVE AUTHORITY. Its good to have confidence in who we are. To know that we have great authortiy. The world says you weak, weak people in 1 Cor 1, you are waisting your life losing it on this foolish Christ buisness. But we say "THE CROSS IS MY POWER". Me losing my life means that i now have the Lion Nature in me, Faith that can move mountains, Power in my words, in my decisions, In my prayers, in my Life.... We are overcomers of the world in 1 Jn 5, the evil one touches us not... Praise God

Pray for our trip in the next couple of weeks..... I come back from the trip and have only a few weeks left. We get back on the 12th of April then stambo leaves a few days later. I am here for a couple weeks then I leave. I cant believe it, time flies.... Hopefully i get a few more blogs in before i go back who knows... God Bless, love you guys....

Jay