IWC sponsored two spring break projects to the massive city of Sao Paulo. Students from Georgia, South Carolina, and Deleware were able to come alongside the work of Zoe Church to reach out to Brazilian college students and others. They engaged in coffee house minstry, campus evangelism, church outreach fellowships, and even a “hug ministry.”
As soon as we got to Sao Paulo, our only directions were, ”Just go make relationships and love these people.” As the week went on, we were continually encouraged to make these relationships and pray over the many people we came into contact with. There were so many people in the city that it almost felt like a battle to go out… (Mary-Kate)
We gave out free hugs and so many people were in such need of a confirmation that someone cared and WAS paying attention…I learned to love like crazy and to show them more with my words than my actions. (Courtney)
Not only were we giving away free hugs, but we also had T-shirts on over our own clothes that we could give away when we mest someone in need. We were living out the gospel in a completely new way. We were giving the shirts off our own backs. (Ansley)
Here’s a gallery of some scenes from the two projects.
