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The story of Scotty meeting the Love of Jesus

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This is the story of Scotty meeting the love of Jesus.  Scotty was involved in an accident that fractured his right hip.  He had surgery performed and received several screws, rods and pins, but it was not ultimately successful.  His leg kept getting shorter every year.

Scotty’s right femur bone was moving up, going through his right hip and was about to puncture his intestines.  Scotty was living at a halfway house and was desperate for Jesus to move in his life.  He had a relationship with his saviour, but needed a touch from God.  So on Tuesday, April 26th, 2016… Jesus’s love met Scotty head on.

John, Phillip and myself drove to the halfway house to pray for Scotty and several others.  The following pictures show what happens when Jesus’s love shows up.

close up view. They are over three inches different
Scotty’s legs before prayer
After several minutes of prayer, it’s almost equal.

Finally, Scotty is able to stand tall without using his cane or wearing his special shoes.

After prayer… He is within 1/4 inch difference.
The amount of lift on his shoes was amazing…

Scotty looks somewhat puzzled, he now needs to find a pair of shoes that will work for him.  Praise Jesus.

I hope these shoes will work.
I hope these shoes will work.

Jesus is so awesome, He loves us so much!

Jacob’s Well Ministries

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I wanted to talk a little about the Renato and Jacob’s Well ministries.

Renato and Michelle
Renato and Michelle

Renato Cassula is the President of Jacob’s Well, Brazil. Renato was born and raised in Brazil. He worked in electrical engineering with Honda and Coca-Cola in Brazil. He further held various management and leadership positions in both Brazil and in the United States. In 1998, he followed a job opportunity to Denver, and left his home country to establish a future and home in the United States. He married Michelle in 2004 and they both launched their passion for ministry by loving and serving the poor. Between 2006–2012, Renato led and served on several teams into the Amazon jungle for community development and church planting projects. Currently, Renato and Michelle and their three sons are full-time missionaries in Fortaleza, Brazil. He is the founder and pastor of the church Communidade Crista A Fonte in Fortaleza. This faith community provides the necessary relationship-building and oversight for the Jacob’s Well projects in the drought region.

I had the pleasure to meet and work with Renato and Michelle during my visit to Fortaleza and Pentecoste Brazil this April.  They have a true heart for God and the people of this region.  God has been blessing their ministry greatly.  The government has given them an old hotel complex and warehouse for free for twenty years to use for their ministry.  They plan on turning this complex into a base of operations as well as a residence for visiting missionaries in the region.  The government also agreed to fund and drill the wells in the communities they plan on supporting with their ministry.

Pentecoste lake – almost empty

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I was looking at some Internet information on Pentecoste and ran across a photo that showed the lake at full levels.  The lake today is at less than 1% capacity and is expected not to be able to provide for the community after December 2016.

Photo taken 4/6/2016
Photo taken 4/6/2016

The lake in 2009 before the drought began
The lake in 2009 before the drought began

This is one of the region’s God has brought Ranalto and the Jacobs Well ministry to Pentecoste.  Jacobs Well works with the government to provide the care of the well and pumping equipment for the people.  The government drills and provides the initial equipment for each well.  The Jacobs Well ministries then plants a church for each community to provide for the living water needs as the gospel spreads breaking the hold of religion on the people in these areas.

Renato - head missionary to this region of Brazil.
Renato – head missionary to this region of Brazil.

For more information, visit http://www.pocodejaco.org