“It has really happened.” Andrea turned to see the Kombi and tears filled her eyes. It is just such a visible mark of God providing. She knows me. She knows the ministry and struggles and yet here it was: God provided. It is hard to explain just how powerful this encouragement is to our brothers and sisters in Brazil. There are not enough words.
“I don’t believe it.” Shrugged Paulo, from Cajueiro Claro. Two years ago, he remembers drawing a picture of a Kombi that I took to the USA when we were working to raise money for the first Trek for Transportation. This year, he remembers making the video for the second Trek for Transportation. But he put on his hard face; it was just too much to believe God would work through strangers to send a Kombi to his little area of rural Brazil.
“We will see.” Is all that Pastor Flavio responded.
For the children in the Living Stones program, having a vehicle is unheard of. None of the families do. Cars are a luxury. You walk, you get a ride, you do without. With a yearly income of $4000USD or less (for a
whole family), the high price of cars (about double USA prices), and horrible roads that tear up vehicles for breakfast, it adds up to a possibility. A house?
Perhaps. You can build a simple one in rural areas for about $5000USD. But a vehicle? A good one is going to be closer to $8,000USD—a Kombi much more.
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