Over the past 7 years here in Brazil I have witnessed a thousand small victories in the lives of the people we serve. Some days it’s simply eye contact, or a smile; some days it’s helping a girl open her first bank account or apply for a job; forgiving an abuser, escaping an abuser, providing dinner to children with no food in their homes; seeing a physical healing or watching someone dedicate their life to Christ; leaving drugs for the 1st or 40th time; walking away from prostitution, gathering the strength to call for help (again), breathing through panic attacks; learning to read at age 7 or 35, feeling safe enough to cry for the first time in years, re-uniting with family. It’s these small daily victories that lead to life change, and I am overwhelmed by the lives I have seen truly transformed.
