Author: Jevon and Danica Rich

Prayers and Praises

Prayers and Praises

Thank God with us for: a safe trip here, and no trouble getting our stuff here either an apartment in Manaus that is in an excellent location and is even furnished friends and coworkers that have taken us under their wing and helped us SO much in our first weeks here Cali is handling all […]
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Cali

Cali

This is for those of you who know Cali well and are praying specifically for her during this major transition. Thank you. I’ve been blown away by how well she’s done.  God must be giving her so much strength and joy and peace.  She seems to like everything new that she tastes.  She felt right […]
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Apartment in Manaus

Apartment in Manaus

  A lot of you were praying for us to find a place to rent quickly, and we did!  We are already moved in and we are convinced that this place is a perfect provision from God to us.  Our upstairs apartment came furnished with a stove, fridge, washing machine, two beds, tables, chairs, couches, […]
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Trip to PQQ

Trip to PQQ

We were invited to come out to PQQ, the school were Jevon grew up about 20 miles from Manaus as the crow flies, but a whole different world.  Manaus is a cement jungle.  PQQ is surrounded by green jungle on three sides and the sprawling Amazon river in front of it.  It was fun to […]
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Different

Different

some things that are an adjustment for me.  most of them not better or worse, just different: taking a shower 3 times a day and changing clothes because we sweat so much. someone is clapping at my door.  oh wait, that means i’m supposed to let them in! i want my friend to know i […]
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Almost There

Almost There

  We have FOUR days left and then we leave for Brazil!  While we are scrambling to stay on top of an ever-growing list of details that have to be taken care of and goodbyes that need to be said, our hearts are full of thanks to the God who has brought us this far! […]
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Wait, we ARE still in Kansas

Wait, we ARE still in Kansas

Last night as we were pulling out a couch into a bed for the girls to sleep on, we scared up three spiders. “That’s brown recluse,” Jevon’s brother said.  So I killed one with my flip flop, and he killed one with his knife, but the third one retreated back into the dark safety of […]
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VBS – New Milford, PA

VBS – New Milford, PA

  My friend Jessica’s little boy Keaton, posing as one of the “Go Fish Guys” who led praise times and introduced lessons via video. Dress up time! The theme of the week was Praise!  Praise God for His greatness, authority, providence, power, and love. Bible Teaching Times:   Snack time! cupcakes masquerading as cordless microphones […]
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We have them!

We have them!

Our Brazilian passports and Danica’s visa arrived safely in the mail.  So WE BOUGHT OUR PLANE TICKETS! We fly out on September 7 – Sete de Setembro – which also happens to be Brazilian Independence Day.  
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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

“You knit me together in my mother’s womb…I will praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made…” Thank you SOOO much, God, for each moment you arranged for me to be with my brother Phil and his wife Julie and my little nieces last week!  Thank you for the freedom to be human and […]
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