We had only been back in Chile for a couple days when news outlets started covering an escalation of violence in Rio. Because the city will be hosting the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, Rio police were trying to drive the gangs out of the favelas. But the gangs were fighting back. We had just missed being in the midst of it.
I called our friend in Rio and he gave me the details. The missionary Thanksgiving dinner was even interrupted by an exploding city bus. When I talked to Gisele and Natália, they told me that many of their classes were half empty because people were scared of going out into the city.
But the police managed to win one of the biggest favelas from the gangs, and our friend told us he was planning to take the gospel into that favela as soon as he could. A week later, everything had settled back down.
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