Brazil 2010

The Brazil Team arrived home safely today.  Our travel home went smoothly even with the two hour delay in our international flight home.  Thank you for your prayers for us while we have been on this trip.  As one of the team members said today, “pieces of my heart are still in Brazil.”  Each of … Continue reading »

Today was our last full day in Brazil.  We ate breakfast together as a team and had about 2 hours to finish any last minute shopping that we wanted to do.  We then spent several hours at the orphanage playing with the children, having lunch with ALL of the children, and then we had a … Continue reading »

Today was our last work day at the orphanage.  We spent the morning working on two projects — painting the sidewalks at the orphanage’s office and the director’s house and one more cement project.  Both projects were finished by lunch.  We had another fabulous lunch and then we had the afternoon off.  Some of the … Continue reading »

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” John 10:27 What a beautiful day in Maringa! The weather was gorgeous and the children were out of school today. It was great,…the first day since Sunday we have been able to spend any real time with ALL of the children. Some … Continue reading »

The team is doing well.  We are midway through our trip and tonight the team is tired.  We spent the morning pouring concrete and smoothing it once poured.  However, we ran out of concrete in the cement truck that we had.  We will have to mix the rest of the concrete with a mixer.  This … Continue reading »

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 NIV This is one of my many “favorite” verses in the Bible and it was applicable today as the rain changed our plans.  We … Continue reading »

The weather in Brazil has been very nice.  The high today was 71 degrees.  Most of us started out the morning in jackets or sweatshirts.  We didn’t complain because we know how hot and humid it is in Montgomery.  The forecast projected rain today and we were not sure exactly when it was going to … Continue reading »

The team has rested after two days of travel.  Since today is Sunday, we did not do any manual labor at the orphanage.  We met for breakfast and devotion at 8:30 this morning followed by free time for the team until we met for lunch.  The majority of the team went back to their rooms … Continue reading »

We began our journey to Maringa, Brazil around 3pm Friday afternoon.  We arrived safely at our hotel around 6pm this evening.  The Lord blessed us tremendously in all of our travels.  Our flights left and arrived on time, the multiple airport check-ins went well, no problems in customs, and all baggage made it.  Our bus … Continue reading »