- Part 4

Dia dos Pais

August 18, 2013

Father’s Day in Brazil is the second Sunday of August. The Friday night before Father’s Day, Cali and Karina’s school had a presentation for all the Dads. The stage all decorated outside in front of the school. Waiting for the program to start. It started late because Brazilians are smart, and take time to feed […]

Natação

August 18, 2013

We are super thankful for the opportunity the girls have had to be in swimming lessons here in our little town. Not only has it been valuable for them to get the experience in the water with instruction and consistent practice, but it has also been good for them to get the social experience – […]

A Day at the Sítio

July 22, 2013

Karina trying to decide if she’s okay with these new sights and sounds and smells. 🙂 The farmer, Carlos, explaining to us that a sow gives birth to more piglets than she has nipples. So the piglets fight their way in and bite to hold on to mom and not get pushed off by other […]

Back home and at it again

July 13, 2013

There’s no way to express how good it was to be there for Amos and Cymbre’s wedding day. It was also very special to reconnect with family, the Meadowbrook church in Molalla, Oregon, and Salem in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. A huge thank you to our home church, Salem, for making this trip possible for us. […]

Flight Program

July 13, 2013

We have mentioned, in past e-mails, the need for a new flight program. Jevon’s brother (an airplane mechanic) has been working towards this goal for several years, along with an experienced pilot, Charlie, and some others. This week the decision was made for the mission to begin the process of importing the plane. There’s a […]

TO SALEM

July 13, 2013

Thank you, Salem, for helping with the expenses of the Danica’s and Isaiah’s trip, making it possible for them to be with you in Wisconsin as well as to be with her brother on his special day in Oregon, and thanks for taking such good care of them while they were in Wisconsin. Thank you, […]

Language Blunders

March 10, 2013

Buying meat here means going to the meat counter and asking for what you want. Yeah, so, that means you have to talk. A few weeks ago I went up to the meat counter (with a little fear and trembling) and asked for a half kilo of lingua. The meat man just smiled knowingly and […]

F is for Flexible

January 20, 2013

F is for Flexible in both languages, actually – Enlish and Portuguese (“flexivel”). We are moving again. This all happened really fast and we just found out last week, during Encontro, that we were being asked by leadership to move to another city in another state of Brazil and finish our NCLA (National Culture and […]

Safety is from God

January 20, 2013

Sometimes Cali says she doesn’t want to live in Brazil because she thinks it’s dangerous. That’s when we remind her of the time we drove past a tornado on the Montana freeway and the time we slept with poisonous spiders in Kansas. Who kept us safe then? God. Who keeps us safe now? God. We […]

Our First Encontro

January 20, 2013

Conference was a stretching time for our Portuguese, as we were listening to all of the sessions, talking to people in the dining hall, and also had to write and read our testimonies all in Portuguese. We feel like its been good for us. It was also super good to mix with coworkers who are […]