CENA - Comunidade Evangelica Nova Aurora (www.missaocena.com.br)

In the middle of the old downtown in Sao Paulo, surrounded with streets occupied by prostitutes, transvestites, drugdealers and homeless people, stands a building known to these people as "A Casa Amarela" - the yellow house. This is where Cena has it's base, and where I spent almost two weeks. Cena is a Christian organisation that works with helping the broken people of Sao Paulo. They've existed for around 20 years, and their love, dedication and obedience to God have helped save many. It was amazing to be able to walk by their side and see them in action.

Cena has been a ministry for about 20 years - starting out with just a few people getting together having a church service in a tire shop in downtown Sao Paulo. They invited the people of the streets to join them. Since then the ministry has grown in many ways; they now have reading classes, kids clubs, soccer school, bible studies, food distribution, help programs and many other things. But their main focus is still the same, their heart is still the same; to change Sao Paulo one person at the time. They work to help the people that stand outside of society, to give them hope and the tools they need to shape their future. And they do it all in the power of God - in His strength, for His glory.