DearFriends, Areyoureadyforthemostimportanteventof2010?Atleastmostoftheworldthinksitis.Thewholeworldwillbewatching.Whatisthisevent…?ItistheFIFA2010WORLDCUP! It isthe mostwa tch edathleBcevent ofthe world, evenmorethanthe Oly mpi cs. Thisgre at ev ent startedlast Friday ,June11 th andwi ll endJul y11 th wi thth etop 32 naBona l teamsinvolved. Where Karla and I live,futebol(soccer)isnotonlypartoftheculture itisalmost a religion.It istak enveryseriou sly .The whole coun tryis firedupaboutthisevent andev erytrue razilianbelieveswithall hisheart tha tthere can onl ybe one champi onofthe Worl dCup–razi l. Weex pec t thi sof our teambecausethey areconsi dered tobethebestteamin theworld. Whenrazilispla yingin aWorldCupgame(liketoday)mostofthecountryshutsdown–businessesandschoolsclose,thestreetsare empty . Eventhebusines sesthat hav etostayopenhave aTVonsomewh ere. Itispartofwhatitmeanstoberazilian–aloveoffutebol.Howcanyouprayforthisevent? PRAYFORTHENATIONS: Peopl efromalloverthe worldwill be at thiseve nt, incl udingpeop lefromman yclosed countries.There willbe ministries andChrisBans fromman ypar tsof theworld, in cl udin gtheU.S.andrazil, whowill be sharingChrist withthe fans fr omth esecoun tries. PraythatGodwouldpouroutHis spirit andthatthous ands ofpeople willnotonlyhearthegospel,buthavetrueconversionexperiences. PRAYFORTHECHRISTIANPLAYERS: Ontheraz ili annaBonal teamalone there are at least 6believerswhoareopenabouttheirfaith.PraythattheywillhaveopportuniBestobewitnessestothe pla yersofthe othernaBons.Praythat theirreputaBonasthe bes t inthe world would conBnueto opendoors fo rrazilianmissionariesinmany countriesthat areclosedtothegospel. PRAYFORTHEBRAZILIANCHURCH:ThatGodwouldsBrapassionintherazilianChrisBansforGod’smissiontoreachallnaBonswiththegloryofHisName;apassionevengreaterthanthepas sionof the razi lia npeo ple forsoccer. razi lhasthepot enB al tobe one ofthe gre atest sendingnaBonsoverthenext20years.MayGodmoveinthisnaBontomobilizemanytoreachouttotheunreachedpeoplesoftheworld.ForGod’sgloryamongallpeoples, Kevin&Karla