Van Paid

This month was the last month to pay of our 15 passanger van. We praise God for the many people that helped with this project!! Rogerio uses most of the seats everyday taking and picking up kids to go to practice and take everyone home. This picture is from Sunday morning arriving at church. We are so thankful to be able to pick up everyone to take them to church. Ususally we make the rounds again at night for church on Sunday night.

Happy 40th Birthday Debbie!

My sister Debbie is having her 40h birthday today! We were together last year for all the birthdays which was so special. This year we are 6,000 miles apart but still close at heart. All would agree there is no one more thoughtful, kind, organized giving as my sister. She is the best sister and aunt in the world (and sister in law Rogerio says)We love you Debbie. Thank you for all you do. May God Bless You this special day

Aunt Debbie and Uncle Chris with Rebeca

Timothy's Bike

In the previous blog there is a picture of Timothy on the bike ride with his bike. I wanted to tell the story about this bike. The bike was a birthday gift from a family here in Brasil that has been involved in our ministry. The dad and grandpa love sports and riding bikes. The grandpa got it in his head that he was going to get Timothy a new bike. He said one day he did an extra job and had extra money so he went out and bought this bike for him. It is not any bike but a really nice bike and Timothy just loves it!!! What a gift from God. Thank you so much.

Mud Anyone??

Our bike ride yesterday was challenging but fun! Started off from the city with a little rain but everyone was clean until this piocture where we made a stop at the camp. From then on it got mudder and rainier(not a word). The girls actually stayed here and Rebeca was with us too until this point. You can see from the other pictures tha twe were in the middle of the sugar cane fields and in the mud. The boys loved it. They were trying to see who would get the muddiest. Most of them were wearing whote socks? All made it safely home just with a few clothes to be cleaned! All of these activities with the goal of building relationships with these kids to encouraging them in their walk with Jesus!

Paintball for Timothy's Birthday

For Timothy's birthday everyone went to play paintball. Timothy claims it was the best day of his lie. He loved it. Everyone really had fun. Even Rogerio was going for it. The kids all thought he was the best target and loved trying to hit him. Tiago even got in there although the gun was a little heavy for him and he hit Rogerio in the leg at close range. It hurt. The girls ogt scared in the end and did not play. I think they will try if we go again.

Happy Birthday Timothy!! We can not believe that you are 14. We love you and thank God for your life.

English Classes

We started offering some English to some of the kids that practice. These are some of the younger kids on Sat aternoon. I think I am singing some silly song here for them to learn some words. I am not a singer but with little kids I find it is one of the best ways to teach them new words!

Shoes From Washington

These are some of the shoes that Jen Johnson my Washington Friend sent to us to give away here to the kids playing on Rogerio's teams. She put togetther a shoes drive from the Geneva school and Boys and Girls Club. Stephanie and Rebeca were some of the first to benefit!! Stephanie loved her new shoes and Rebeca loved her soccer cleats and tennis shoes. If you can not see the color of the cleats they are bright pink how fun is that!