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HERE ARE JUST SOME EXTRA PICS THAT DIDNT FIT INTO ANY OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES. HERE IS ABIGAIL AND CAIO.

DANI SHOWING OFF HER TIGGER SOCKS!

THE PASTOR´S SON LEONARDO SHOWING HIS DESIRE FOR INDEPENDENCE AT AN EARLY AGE.

DANI WORKING IN THE NURSERY.

DANI AND HER COUSIN, NATALIA.

DANI´S COUSIN, ELISANGELA, GETTING MARRIED.

ALL SMILES

EITHER MY WIFE IS SMALL, OR THE LEAVES ARE REALLY BIG, OR BOTH!

YOUTH RETREAT DURING CARNAVAL

WE HAD OVER 60 TEENS FROM 4 DIFFERENT CHURCHES.

LOT OF WORK, BUT A LOT OF FUN.

WE HAD TWO TEAMS, 8 CABINS WHICH WERE COUNTRIES REPRESENTED BY THEIR FLAGS.

EACH CABIN ENJOYED PAINTING THEIR OWN FLAGS.

PILLOW WARS BETWEEN COUNTRIES.

OBSTACULOS CURSOS

ROPE BRIDGES.

WE HAD TWO BANQUETS! THIS BANQUET WAS WITH THE THEME OF CINDERELLA.

THEY HAD TO CHOSE A SHOE WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THEIR "CINDERELLA" WAS UNTIL THE BANQUET BEGAN.

THE FOLLOWING NIGHT WAS OUR REGULAR BANQUET WHERE THE GUY HAD TO ASK THE GIRL TO THE BANQUET. IT WAS OUR MORE FORMAL AND ANNUAL BANQUET.

OUR MOVE TO CURITIBA.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR HELPERS.
RODOLFO AND PAULINHO HELPED US TAKE EVERTHING APART. WHEN YOU MOVE IN BRAZIL YOU BRING EVERYTHING WITH YOU FROM FANS TO TOILET SEAT COVERS.
WE WERE ABLE TO EVEN GET OUR PICTURES UP ON THE SECOND DAY THANKS TO HELPERS LIKE.....
DANI´S MOTHER. WE ALSO VISITED TWO PARKS NEARBY TO SEE SOME OF THE SIGHTS OF CURITIBA.
THE PASTOR AND HIS WIFE WITH THEIR CUTE LITTLE ONE HELPED US IN OUR MOVE.

PAINTING THE CHURCH.

JOHN AND BEN WENT TO GREAT HEIGHTS TO PAINT THIS CHURCH
A LOT OF LADDER WORK
BEN BECAME QUITE THE PROFESSIONAL BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
SHEBA, MY COWORKER, MIKE´S, DOG TRIED TO BE OF HELP!
THE CHURCH ENJOYED POSING BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL CHURCH RATHER THAN THE OLD GRAY DRAB COLOR THAT IT WAS BEFORE.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES.

THANKS TO THE PARENTS OF ONE OF OUR TEENS WE ENJOYED A DAY AT A CAMP WITH A POOL. EVEN THOUGH IT RAINED MOST OF THE DAY THEY STILL ENJOYED THE POOL.
AND THE CHURRASCO (MEAT).
WE ALSO HAD AN ACTIVITY WITH CHURROS.

CHURROS ARE A HOTDOG SHAPED TYPE DOUGHNUT WITH CHOCOLATE FILLING.
WE PRACTISED AT HOME FIRST. AND I PRACTISED EATING THEM!

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

"RETURN OF THE KING"? WE DID THE STORY OF ESTER IN OUR CHURCH AS WELL, BUT MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS MORE LIKE "SUPERMAN II"! :)
ONE OF THE NEATEST BLESSINGS WAS SEEING THE PEOPLE FROM OUR CHURCH IN ACTION.
THE BIG BALL IS ALWAYS A BIG SUCCESS.
MY SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS A BIT BIGGER ON THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY. THE DIFFICULTY IS GETTING THEM TO STAY FAITHFULLY.
CRAFT TIME!

TRIP TO RIO DE JANEIRO!

THIS SHOT IS BEAUTIFUL FOR MORE THAN ONE REASON.

THE CLASSIC SHOT.

THE RIDE TO THE TOP OF SUGARLOAF (PÃO DE AÇUCAR).
MARACANÃ FOR YOU SOCCER FANS. THE BIGGEST STADIUM IN THE WORLD.
PELÉ PLAYED HERE AS WELL.

"LOOK AT THE SIZE OF HIS FEET!" IS SAID WITH A DIFFERENT MEANING THAN AT THE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME. :)

UNASSUMING SHOT, BUT THIS TREE IS BRAZIL WOOD WHICH IS WHERE THE COUNTRY OF BRAZIL GOT ITS NAME!

EVEN IN MY DREAMS I COULDN´T BUILD A SAND CASTLE LIKE THIS ONE

TRIP TO RIO DE JANEIRO

OUR FIRST MISSIONARY TRIP TO A CITY ABOUT 5 HOURS AWAY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS IN BOTH MINISTRY-WISE AND IN ENJOYMENT.
WE HAD OVER 100 KIDS EACH DAY!
WE REEENACTED THE STORY OF ESTER IN THREE DAYS. HERE I AM PLAYING THE KING WITH HAAMAN AND ESTER THE QUEEN.
WE ALSO HAD EACH TEEN COME IN AS A COLOR OF THE WORD-LESS BOOK EACH DAY EXPLAINING THE SALVATION STORY. THREE MONTHS LATER, THERE ARE STILL 10 OR MORE CHILDREN THAT HAVE STAYED WITH THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF THIS OUTREACH. ALL PRAISE TO THE LORD!

OUR TIME WITH THE TEENS ALTHOUGH LESSER IN NUMBER WAS A JOYOUS TIME EACH NIGHT WITH AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 10 NEW TEENS COMING OUT EACH NIGHT.
THE TEENS LOVED THE OUTING TO THE WATERFALLS ONLY ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE CHURCH.

PAULINHO SHOWING OFF HIS SKILLS.
AFTER A LONG THREE DAYS, THE RIDE HOME WAS PRETTY QUIET. A VERY TIRING TRIP, BUT WELL WORTH THE EFFORT. I FELT THAT MANY OF THE TEENS REALLY GREW A LOT SPIRITUALLY DURING THIS TRIP. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY TWO YEARS IN THE MINISTRY FULL-TIME.