Pastor Jamie came to our prayer house one afternoon, and his request wasn’t for food or money, but prayer for the small church he pastors in a nearby village.

Filipe was positioned as a guard at the entrance of the cartel’s favela, watching for police or rival gang activity. In Jardim Gramacho, a slum in Brazil, it’s the cartel that run the place and decide who can come in and out. So today, on our outreach, Filipe was one of the first cartel members we approached..