“Sarah and her friend and guide Diego, a 23-year-old man fluent in English and Portuguese, who single-handedly got me out of the caves near Lencois. He also took me to a Catholic church service in that village deep in the interior of Brazil. It had a “Black Christ,” which is just what it sounds like––an image of Jesus Christ beautifully carved out of wood whose face is black. There are many churches with black Christs all around the world, but this was the first one I saw. Diego took me to a Saturday evening mass because I said I was interested.”