Brazil 2008 Day 7

Day 7 was amazing...
We spent the morning in Pirucuama conducting VBS. Pastor Heber cautioned us that since many kids would be in school we may not have a large group, it turns out after rounding kids up on an extended street walk we had 40+ kids in attendance. It was awesome!

Here's Michael and Yve at the community center where we held the VBS. The folks from Ebenezer are filled with the Holy Spirit and really connected with these kids.

Here's our group right before we started.

We had a wide range of ages.

Here's our street walk, it was great to get out an meet the people. It was awesome to see how much the kids enjoyed coming to the VBS.

Here's the team, does it look like we were having fun?

Here's the team setting up take home bags of snacks for the kids.

From a previous craft many of the kids had cross necklaces, this little boy didn't get one but Pastor Tom took care of that. He gave him a big hug and the cross he was wearning. I'm guessing that we'll see him with it next year.

Here's Pastor Nimbu with Natalia, he's amazing with a heart for God.

Here's Paloma, she was with us last year.

Mathias watching over our supplies.

Making faces, see the woven cross in my hand... this was our craft from last year and Gustavo had saved it and given it to me as a gift. He had kept a paper woven cross all year long and then given it as a gift. These kids are incredible.

Here's Lori giving some love to Peter.

We installed lighting for the theater, pressure washed some more, painted more of Nimbu's house, tiled the access ramp in the afternoon.

Here's some pretty happy lepers after the skit.

Here's Alex with a group of happy kids.

Helga was on her game today...

More Helga on a roll.

Gathering kids in the Favela.

Alex and Flavia hamming it up.

Favela shots from our walk, no way to describe it adequately.

Another favela shot.

The view from the community center where VBS took place.
Evelyn was on her game for this VBS.

David and Peter. He's a natural.

The coolest crafts on earth, the kids loved them.

Happy times, Bruna, Gustavo and Cayla.

Bruno was a huge help today!

Pastor Nimbu, Bruna and Evelyn.

Dancing on the way home, do the kids look amused?

Hamasoraus Rex

Pastor Nimbu's daughter, Ynje, working the garden...

Tanya and Sabrina on Sabrina's last day before leaving for Rio on business. She will be missed!

Pastor Tom scraping off excess paint on Pastor Nimbu's house.

Pastor Tom with Gustavo and Jao Pedro. Good times:)

The ladies (+Bruno) working on beautiful necklaces and braceletes. They were a hit!

A great shot of great workers in the kitchen. These ladies made the best food, we couldn't have survived without them.

Another group shot at the end of VBS.

Dylan with Ricardo. This kid was always content, especially when being held. Go Dylan!

The church when we finished yesterday, wow! No, actually the sanctuary at Wagner's school... WOW!

David is painting the town yellow.