Chapter 1
Once upon a time................;)
ehehehehe....last year Dave and Rau (my brother and sister-in-law) brought a house and after some hassel with getting the documents they got it fixed up which took a little while. Right at this time i dont have better pictures of the house but these pictures were taken at their house...we had a Bar-B-Q that night to celebrate. =) And we had some friends over and we had a wonderful time....
Rau in her new kitchen.....=)
us guys outside bumming around waiting for the meat to be ready...ehehhehe...
Pawpaw with Debbie....
opps i didnt flip the picture before uploading it...oh well...
we had a great time...we even do crazy stuff like that...eheheh...Chapter 2
Ok...last year someone promised to send out some doctors and dentist to the tribe to help them...so on April 4th, Asas de Socorro mission came with a bus and several volunteers...we had a great time of fellowship and getting to know them. Afterwards each of them said that their lives were marked, changed, in such a way that they will never forget it. They were blown away at what God is doing out there...and i think you would be too...=)
One of the guy's comment about the meeting was: "This is the most beautiful Church I have ever seen!" and to tell you the truth we have no church building yet!
One of the guy's comment about the meeting was: "This is the most beautiful Church I have ever seen!" and to tell you the truth we have no church building yet!
here is a picture of what the roads look like...actually the roads are pretty nice but everytime it rains the road washs out more and more creating ruts and holes...
Dad cleaning up the yard....
they pulled out their equipment and set some of it up outside...it was neat...
here is a picture of our house...=)
this is the garage....
the park as we usually call it...=)
they happened to be out there on Indians day so we got painted up...you probable would have been painted up too....=)
a picture of the village....
Thank you Asas de Socorro for everything!! Come and visit us as we would love to have you all come and visit again...Obrigado Asas de Socorro por tudo!! Vem visitar agente, nós gosteriamos se vocês voltassem e nos visitassem agente de novo!!
no...i dont hunt...that day we made a Bar-B-Q...=)
Dad all painted up too..eehehe...he was cleaning the grill....
Sr. Adilson did a great job at cooking the meat...=)
Mom waving good bye to the group going up the mountian....=) we had a great time....Chapter 3
On May 3rd we celebrated Debbie's 2nd birthday! Wow time does fly so we made a cake and celebrated her birthday....she is growing up so fast!
Debbie with her big smile...eheheheh...
LOL...she got a little cake on her face....=P
Aunt Lolly with Debbie...=)
how i wish we could slow time down a little...=)
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Ok...right after that, i went to the next state up to visit a friend of mine...i was going to stay just one week but i ended up staying two weeks...eheheh...i had a great time and got to do all kinds of things...
i got to fiddle around with the drums...that was fun...=)
i got to meet new people and it was fun hanging out with them...ehehheehhe...
as you can see they like to do crazy things sometimes...ahhahahahahaa...i love them...they have a big heart for God...
my friend that i met there just bought a house and i went over to help clean it up with him....
LOL...kinda hard to play with all the cards like that...;)
while i was there, i was able to visit the city of Belém....the city is some what like São Paulo...HUGE....and i got tired of just walking around...ehheh..but it was fun...
we went to the park...it was funny seeing a forest in the middle of the city!
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that ship was there just for me to see...eheheheh..
my good friend Júnior and i....
me at the mouth of the Amazon river....
the dock station.....
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we tried to move the train but it didnt work...eheheheh...
and were we hungry...ehheeheh..the food there was expensive but on the other side there was a place that was cheaper...
and here we are..but there was one problem....
he fish that i got wasnt good...the lady said that it was normal but any way..i didnt eat it because it tasted bad but at least we filled our hungry bellies...eheheh...
we went to the mall...we were going to watch Spider Man 3 there...but all the theaters were full except the last one...we were going to have to spend the night there so my friends went to get money from the bank...my friend's bank card was cracked and it took him forever to get the money out...and by the time he got back for us to buy the tickets it was full!! But we had a great time there...=)
we went to Habib's restaurant...while waiting we played uno..ehehe...
and we had dessert..eheheh......it was good...
ahhh a great meal! wow and cheap too...shrimp, rice...yummm yummm...it is called Caruru...
another good dish but i liked that other one better...if you ever come to brazil you will find that some places have dishes that others dont have...=) this is called Tacacá.....
my good friend...ehehhe...i was helping him in english and one night as we where talking we some how got on the subject of "starving" and he told me a slang in port. then my other friend comes and says "It is a slang" in english...so my friend in the picture thinks that slang is starving...so a min later he comes and says "I'm slang" he was trying to say "I'm starving"....ehehehheeh....i even made some funny mistakes in port. while there...but of course i wont mention them here...=)
Júnior and i...we had a cook out a couple times...yum...
of course we went to a water park...and you were invited to come along but i couldnt get in touch with you...;) we had a lot of fun that day..eheheheh
ops didnt flip the pic..but any way here is a coke tank...imagine...eheheh....
welcome to my house..there isnt much room but come on in!!
what a day to remember...we had the whole place to ourselves!!
while there i was able to visit my friend's family who lives in another city 2 hours away...i had a great time...
this is the guy i went with to visit his family...=) on the river side...
me.....
we got to go swimming...it was cool..the water was half salty and half fresh....intresting...
i had a lot of fun with these guys...it was great getting to know them....Chapter 5
Last month we had the Bible Dedication....after 40 years of translation the Indians now have portions of the Old Testament and the whole New Testament in their own language!!!
this picture was taken on the way out to the tribe....=)
Dad and Mom....
from left to right: Uncle Stan (our Bible Translator), his wife A. Charlotte, U. Arnie (a missionary and very good friend of ours from the other tribe about 80 km who came to attend the dedication service) the couple to the right is the President of New Tribes of Brazil and his wife...we were grateful that they could attend the dedication service with us...it was a pleasure to have all of them...
I asked U. Stan to share what he thought of the time here and he wrote it down for me, i asked if i could share it on the blog and he said i could....these are his own words, here is what he wrote:"There was a big surprise waiting for us when Charlotte and I arrived at the Krikati village, Sat. afternoon Apr. 19, 6 PM. 150-200 Indians had gathered in the open air. There were balloons strung out, and balloons in the form of 40 to represent 40 years of work on the translation. Many testimonies were given, some with tears, for the work done to complete the translation, and many words of thanks given to me and to all the missionaries. I cried as I spoke and remembered 100's of people in the U.S. and elswhere who have prayed and given toward this work. There were many tears, laughter and hugs all around. It was a meeting of joy and praise I had never seen before. The Krikati were thrilled to receive their Bibles with hugs, one by one, and told how much it meant to have the Bible in their own language."
Stan Pries.
Here is a close up picture of the Bibles....Joy, one of the Indian ladies set up the Bible's really neat...if you would like to see more pictures of the Indians and of the Bible Dedication please let me know so i can send you an invite to view the pictures on the other blog....i wish i didnt have to do it this way but due to the law here in Brazil i try and be careful about posting pictures of the Indians online so that is why i have it password protected...
Note: See the 40 in the center.Thank you all of you who have made it possible to have the Bible in the Language...we could not have done it on our own...for those of you who have dedicated financialy...and for those who have stood behind us in prayer and for those who have just kept in contact with us and have been an encourgment to us and all the other missionaries...i want to thank you personaly from the bottom of my heart....i wish you all could have been there to see the joy on the people's faces....
Chapter 6
Yesterday we got to see Darel (my brother), Bella and Lissa on the webcam so i got the camera and took some pics...they are not very good quality but they came out ok...=)
Darel....with his big smile....
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eheheh...thats my brother...=) i love him very much...=)
cute family...=)
she is a cute one...she has her dad's face...=)--------------------------------------------------------------------
OH!! I almost forgot to announce something....Dave's wife Rau, my sister-in-law is expecting!! We just found out a couple weeks ago...that will be my Mom and Dad's 3rd grandchild! We are all excited! =) Celebrate with us!!!
