Monkeys!!!

I can't believe we are over half way through. The summer is going by wayyy too fast!

We finished working at the Ranchinho. The kids and teachers threw us a party. It was sooo cute. We miss the kids there. They were so adorable. But we seem to find a new set of adorable kids everywhere we go to distract us.

Right now we are on our day off back in Sao Paulo, but we've been staying at a camp and working at a corps called Itaquaquecetuba (practice saying it out loud a few more times... I know you want to... or maybe you already have). During the day we've been painting at another playground at Itaquaquecetuba and cleaning up the corps daycare center which is currently being remodeled. It's been tiring, but fun. And at night, we've been hanging out with the monkeys at camp. And I'm not talking about the officers who are there at their officer's councils, although they can get pretty crazy. But there are real monkeys!!! There are also real snakes, but fortunately we haven't run into any of them yet.

We've also been to a variety of corps and taken part in many types of worship. Some that are very foreign and a little bit frightening at first, but in the end it is evident that we are all family and share in our love for Christ.

I know I said it before, but the people here are truly amazing. Everyone has been so nice to us. And everyone we meet is so unique and quirky in their own way. One man, who is the contractor for all our projects can hardly understand a word we say, yet is constantly laughing and teasing us. He visits us on our projects a couple times a week and is excited everytime he sees us. We now call him Uncle Eddy... he loves it. But he's also a bit mischievous. We just learned that he told our new hosts that we eat a lot. And when we asked him about it he said it was because he wanted us to get fat so that when we return to the states, people will know that Brazil took good care of us.

It's good to hear from everyone. Sorry we don't have any pictures up yet. I forgot to bring the connection for my camera.

And Elisa... I would respond to your comment, but I can't navigate around this site because it's all in Portuguese. And we don't have a number you would be able to reach us at out at camp. Maybe at our next location. Hope you're having a great summer. Love ya!

And to everyone else... Take care and God Bless! And have a great last three weeks!!!