Arrival in Brazil and John Lee

The final days of June marked my ministry transition to the country of Brazil. The transition of my Portuguese speaking ability was delayed as I struggled with the Spanish which refused to un-imbed itself from my brain.

The day after my arrival in São Paulo, I welcomed John Lee, JEMS newest staff member: Director of Sports Ministry.

Our partnership would continue for eleven days as we traveled through the length of São Paulo state. We visited seven cities in that very brief time period and covered over 700 miles.

Our team grew instantly and providentially on our second day of travel as we invited the participation of a volunteer interpreter to serve with us for the week of ministry. With my Portuguese delayed, I needed help with the English to Portuguese interpretation needed for John Lee's presentations. Sara Hakamada was a Godsend. She is a self-taught English speaker, who was initially discipled by one of our past JEMS workers, Justine.

This newly organized team traveled throughout the state to introduce John Lee and to explore potential sports ministry partnerships.






PJ, Sara and John Lee in Bastos, SP

Returning to the city São Paulo and presentation of JEMS Sports Ministry:

Alessandra (pictured), came to faith in Christ through a JEMS English Camp in the 1990's



Throughout the state, opportunities were afforded to preach and teach from God's Word.




Sara returned to her home in Marília on July 8th after serving faithfully for a week of ministry with PJ and John Lee. John Lee returned to Los Angeles on July 11th after a fruitful ministry visit. Thank you for your prayers.

The next step for PJ is a camping ministry in the city of Belém in the Amazon rainforest.