Soares Family in Brazil

Soares Family with Atletas em Acao

We are missionaries in Brazil working with Atletas em Acao. AeA is a sports ministry that uses sports as a platform to share with athletes about Jesus Christ

December 26, 2008

Christmas Day at the Collins

We had a great Christmas day in Atibaia with our friends who are missionaries with Word of Life. They have four kids and we had wonderful food and great fellowship. We are so thankful to God of Ken, Susan, Rachel, Josh, Daniel and Becky.



































Christmas morning

We had a wonderful Christmas morning. We had a box from Aunt Debbie and Uncle Chris and boxes from Grandma and Grandpa. These were my presents from Mom. She always knows just what I need.
Rebeca loved her new rattes
Opening box from Aunt Debbie and Uncle Chris. What a bunch of wonderful treats!!






Tiago with his presents from Grandma

The girls had a bed full of new things from Christmas












These were gifts from Grandma and Grandpa









These were gifts from Aunt Debbie. All the new games are really fun.










Christmas Musical at Church

The kids were in an excellent musical program at our church. They like to sing. Timothy is right behind the mic.Stephanie too. Jessica is right to the left of the conductor. Tiago is down and to the eft of the conductor.









Going to the Movies with Friends

This was our outig with Priscila and Simone. They helped Rogerio this year with the basketball and did an excellent job. Our friends Timoteo and Victoria came with us

December 17, 2008

Gingerbread Houses

We had a great time making gingerbread houses. There were 14 of us making houses. What talented kids. Each one was so different. They were all asking what the next activity would be.










































































































































































December 11, 2008

Rebeca 7 months

Our little girl in 7 months old. She is crawling around everywhere and lots of fun for us. Today we were all lifting weight and playing basketball so she was in her backpack

Closing Teams Dinner

Here are some pictures from the end of the year dinner. We had about 100 come to the dinner.

This is Timothy's team. Don't look for Tiago in these pictures. He was up on the couch sick.




This is the girls team. Jessica got a special award from her team as the encourager. On thing about Jessica. She is never too worried about winning. She thinks of others.