Brazil 2011

You have no excuse.  No justification.  You must do it.  You must get out of your comfort zone.  Jesus gave us the Great Commandment, to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and to love you neighbor as yourself (Mark 12:30-31). And then, as His last act before ascending … Continue reading »

It is Sunday morning and everyone on the team is preparing for the journey home today.  We will be leaving the hotel around 12pm CST.  And if all flights are on time, we will be landing in Birmingham around 12pm CST tomorrow. We wanted to give you a brief update about our day yesterday.  We … Continue reading »

As a team for this trip, we have collectively read Max Lucado’s new book Out Live Your Live, and we have been using it for our daily devotionals.  Team Up is Chapter 5 in the book and it talks about the strength of a team and the amount of work that can be accomplished from … Continue reading »

Yesterday was day four of painting.  We finished putting the second coat of white paint on the metal sections of the wall and gate of the orphanage and began painting the stone sections of the wall.  We are making good progress with the help of a sprayer.  A man, who helps the orphanage with maintenance … Continue reading »

On Wednesday morning we began our daily devotion with the theme ´Team Up´ and the following verses from Eccl. 4:9-10:  ´Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: if one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no to help … Continue reading »

As we arrived at the orphanage this morning a group of the children welcomed us. Nothing can say the words I feel as I see the smiles on these children’s faces. They are all truly a blessing from God. I had the opportunity to play a little soccer this morning with a few of the … Continue reading »

Today we went to the orphanage and did some painting and spent time with the kids.  I am very glad to have said “yes” to the opportunity to serve and help someone less fortunate. This morning, our devotion was on “Stand up for the have nots”.  Part of the discussion was about “an accident of … Continue reading »

Today was a day of rest and recovery for the team.  We started the day with breakfast and our daily devotion.  The team was given the morning off to simply rest.  We gathered back together as a team for lunch and then we walked to the orphanage which is approximately 2 1/2 miles from our … Continue reading »

We have arrived safely in Brazil.  We made all of our flights without any problems and everyone handled the flights well.  The team is tired from the travel to Brazil but also from the busy day we have had since we arrived around lunch time.  As soon as we landed in Londrina, we hit the … Continue reading »

The Brazil Team is preparing to leave this Friday.  Members of this team are Michael &  Marcilla Gross, Tim Martin, Dawn McLendon, Amy Rowlen, and Tsopei Robinson.  Our team verse is James 1:27, “ Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:  to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to … Continue reading »