tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77036415331625921382011-09-28T17:30:56.546-05:00VFC is a non-denominational, non-profit ministry focusing on bringing the good news of Jesus Christ to Brazil primarily through Children's Programs, Church Planting and Christian Camping. We set up this blog so that you can hear from the real people involved in this ministry.<br> <br> <u><a href="http://www.vfcbrazil.org"><strong>www.vfcbrazil.org</strong></a></u>Volunteers For Christhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03187332127098179455noreply@blogger.comBlogger1191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703641533162592138.post-62860630323968002542011-07-14T23:18:00.001-05:002011-07-14T23:18:57.663-05:00

First and foremost - the rain stopped.  While our friends in Texas are praying desperately for rain, we were praying equally hard that it would quit.  Guess we know who's closer to God - we've had two incredible days of great weather and you guys are still praying for rain. This has been such an amazing and crazy experience on so many levels. Have you ever seen a Brazilian swim?  Well, neither

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We think we figured out why this place is called a Rain Forest.  From the time we landed in Brazil up until this morning - it has rained.  The forefathers that planned the city of Recife, while I'm sure they were fine fellows, they cut a few corners by not throwing money away on something frivolous like a drainage system.  When we landed in Recife, after a blessedly uneventful three leg plane

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No they didn't add red food color.  Dinner for the champions.  We didn't show the peas and corn which were used as condiments.  This is obviously not 100% pure beef.  Great food with great friends. We did an eye exam today.  This kid was able to read the Bible for the first time today. Is she planking or making crafts.  Frames, photos, and 1,000,000 sticky letters.  Brazilians gone wild. She was

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Do you realize that Recife Brazil is closer to Africa than it is to the United States?  That dawned on me about hour 9 of the trip.  The whole toilet flushing the opposite way when you are below the equator - well, sad to tell you, it's a myth.  But I'll update from the beginning.  We lost one at the airport, not a bag, a person.  We had a last minute passport problem and one of the veteran's,

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We stayed up way too late after our dinner out last night, hanging out around the pool, not wanting to let go of the trip quite yet. This morning we're enjoying our last breakfast at this wonderful buffet. Brazilian coffee, fresh watermelon, papaya and other melons, made-to-order omelettes of egg or this tapioca powder stuff I can't remember the name of... "It's made from yucca" (pronounced

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When Van Payne was asked tonight how she would rate the trip on a scale of 1 to 10, she answered, "89!" It was that good. She and Brian Young both commented on how they expected to come here to serve the kids, but it turned out to be the other way around. We are the ones leaving blessed. Of course we hope we left some blessings behind here as well, but we're a little overwhelmed by the gifts God

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Stories overflow here, and it is difficult to choose what to tell. The truth is, it is impossible to share everything that happens here, all the things that touch our hearts, all the things we're learning, all the ways we're uplifted or convicted. You really ought to think about coming! It's something to be experienced. But as you are not here right now, and may have loved ones on the trip that

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I asked my son what he thought of the favelas after our first visit, and I was struck by his answer. He said, "I don't want to live in a house anymore! I want to live here!" Huh? Where I saw happiness amid poverty, physical danger and potential disease, he saw happiness period. He saw kids running free with no apparent supervision, setting off fireworks and setting up impromptu soccer games.

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After lunch, we launched the first ever "eye clinic" at Kids Place. Pastor Lescue had hired a bike with a speaker system to ride through Coque favela in the previous weeks announcing the eye clinic. Anyone who needed glasses could stop by Kids Place to pick up a number and an appointment time to return for an eye exam. (We use language like "clinic" and "exam" very loosely, mind you...) More

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Tuesday morning devotions in our own "upper room" on the rooftop of Hotel Aconchego found us feeling much less apprehensive than the day before, but not quite old pros. Casey Howell shared her testimony and a passage of Scripture God had showed her for our team. She encouraged us to resist the urge to focus on our task list during VBS, watching the clock to make sure we're on schedule or trying

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After lunch we hosted some of the kids who are too old for Kids Place (over 11), but who were in Kids Place programs before. They made their own decorated mugs and played sports -- "futbol" for the boys, and a fiercly competitive version of dodgeball for the girls. Good times. Then we walked over to the Coque Favela a few blocks away to visit a few of the families who have had children at Kids

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As I sit in my room here at Hotel Aconchego listening to the sounds of our team in the pool below, I can hardly believe it was just this morning that we started VBS at Kids Place. It doesn't seem possible that we could have crammed so many experiences into one day. "Brief" is not my forte, but I will try to find a balance between giving you too much information, and giving you news of your team's

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Here are as many photos as I can load at breakfast! If you double-click on a photo you can see a larger version.   Team meeting in Terminal D of the Miami Airport, devotional led by the Dodds family.  Gym at Kids Place  Unpacking all those donations we  brought in those enormous duffle bags 

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I had a lengthy blog post planned for you with lots of fun pictures, but Blogger unceremoniously dumped all those pictures as soon as I got them loaded. Since sheer exhaustion is causing my eyes to cross as I type this, I'll have to leave you with a brief overview of our last 48 hours. Hopefully if I keep it brief enough, I"ll be able to publish this before I lose it again...!DFW: For some reason

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Just in case some of you don't know exactly what we'll be doing in Brazil this week, here's the basic rundown. After flying all day and night on Saturday, we'll arrive in Recife early Sunday morning. We'll spend Sunday preparing our classrooms at Kids Place, then end the day with dinner and a church service on the beach...and early bedtimes! Monday-Thursday looks basically like this:Mornings: VBS

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All we did was ask friends and family if they had any clothing to donate to the families in Recife, Brazil. "Ask and you shall receive," indeed. As each individual and family arrived to the team meeting tonight, they flooded the room with bags and bags of clothing, shoes, toys and kitchen items donated to Kids Place in Recife. At first it seemed impossible that that much stuff could fit into our

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We are officially into the countdown for our trip to Recife, with only 48 hours to go until we board the plane! Preparation and excitement are reaching a fever pitch as our team finalizes details for a week of God's adventure in Brazil. Thank you, friends, family and supporters, for following along with us on this journey. You are part of this team, and we're so glad to have you along. With this

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Do you know how to tame a water buffalo? Next time we see each other, ask me and I will tell you... Yesterday was Sunday and we took it as a day of rest. We slept in a little, hung out at the pool/beach, and then Angela and Lucio, owners of Vivenda Oriente, asked us to come visit their fazenda (farm/ranch). We have been invited before, but we always felt that we had too many people on our Teams,

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Finally, it's here! Yeah for Baby Jesus and yeah for all of us! Can you imagine the hopelessness we would all be living with, if this was as good as it gets? We had no opportunity at eternal life due to our sin nature? There was no grace, no forgiveness, no sin sacrifice, no ressurection, no ascension, and no hope? Thank you Father for loving us so much that you sacrificed Your Only Son, so that

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Twas the night before Christmas and all through the pousada, not a creature was stirring not even... a rabbit! For those who do not know, we stay in a beautiful little pousada (hotel) on the Atlantic Ocean just minutes from the Fishing Village in a town called Sao Jose do Coroa Grande (St. John's Great Crown). This unique boutique has a strange calling card in that the entire grounds is covered

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OK, this was really cool! We are staying at a small hotel (pousada) and every morning we get up, eat breakfast, and then we gather at a beach cabana area, where we sing worship songs and do our Daily Devotional. Sometimes I worry we are causing others at the hotel to wonder who we are and why are we ruining their tranquility (I am not much of a singer, but I compensate by being really loud!).

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NOTE: No internet last night, so I am covering what we did on Wed. this morning and will get back on track tonight.Having to follow Boyd on his Blog day is not fair, but we have so much to talk about, we can never get it all covered. Another thing that has worked out really well for our Team are the Operation Christmas boxes. CCBC hands out/collects these shoes boxes well before Christmas, but

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Boyd and I agreed to give Brandon the day off... Certainly not from God's work, just from the blog... We had an amazing day today. You'll get the gist of it from Boyd's comments below:I woke up this morning thinking it was just going to be a day that we were going to walk on the beach to the fishing village but God had some special plans for us and here are 3 of them:1st: When we got to the

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Did you know we are 3 hours ahead of you guys back home? I feel like the marines... We get more done before 8 am than you get get done all day! Well, maybe some of you are more productive, but I love the head start we get on the rest. Speaking of which, today was the day of unpacking all those 70 lb bags full of Christmas cheer in hopes that St. Nick would soon be here. WOW!!! You guys sure are

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Well, we made it! Unfortunately, as some of you may already know, the Breedloves did not. We were saddened to learn on Wednesday, 3 days before we were to leave, that David had been diagnosed with gallstones and they were requiring him to undergo surgery on Friday, the day before our flight left. It is hard to understand why this happened and to all people - The Breedloves, but we had no choice,

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We are less than a week out from heading to Brazil and we are in full Christmas mission mode! All the bags have been packed with care, we have made a list and are checking it twice, and hopefully all of our bags will make it to Abreu do Una - that would be nice! So much to tell and so much to show, but we will have to get back to you because it is almost time to go! On David, on Kelly, on Kent,

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Today was an adventure. We woke up at 4:45 this morning to catch the sunrise. Some of our interpreters blessed us by paying to rent fishing boats to take is through the mangrove to the ocean for a truly breathtaking ride.The rest of the day was spent in Recife. We visited the Coqui Favela, which is a slum here where VFC (Volunteers for Christ) is working to reach out to the people. It was amazing

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Well today was awesome! I started off the day going on a 3 mile run on the beach with Charlie. Then we went to breakfast. The food is awesome here! That’s coming from a picky eater. Then we headed off to the fishing village. Today was really fun, first we got showed how to play soccer pretty much. The kids are amazing at soccer and all laugh at us for how bad we are. It was really cool seeing the

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If you find this post - try reading Davids post on the CCBC blogwww.hsmbrazil.com He has been posting there daily from his iphone app as we have not been able to log on here????We did received our bags last night - just in time to have clothes for church! (by the way - -thanks for the clothes some of you gathered at the last minute – some were packed in the 3 bags we did receive - we have been

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The CCBC High School STMT has arrived in Abreu do Una, São José da Coroa Grande We collected 3 of our 40 bags - hopefully the remainder will come from Miami on July 30th - please pray that they do! We have pooled together anything we had in our carry-on bags and made a quick stop at BomPreco - the local Walmart - for a few extras like sunscreen, soap for laundry, bug spray, and packs of

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Well...we made it back safe and sound this morning around 12:30. After a while collecting all our luggage (yup, it all made it back), we said our good byes and headed home for the comfort of our own beds. It sure was nice to be able to open our mouths in the shower this morning. Our team this year was incredible. We had a great mix of kids, teens, and adults. Everyone proved to be a unique,

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Pastor Josue is the man!!

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this is the hardened, drug kingpin that just led a bunch of kids to Christ...amazing night!!

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Tonight we had the special, and somewhat odd-themed Brazil night, right here in Brazil. All the Brazilians and Americans donned their finest yellow, blue and green attire for the evenings festivities. The pics that are included in this post are pretty much self explanatory. It was a great, fun night. The closest thing we've had to a disaster is when Jon Castor left his Iphone on the soccer

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We have seen the light - or atleast the king, and not the King we are telling folks about down here. Last night was crazy wacky night, or something of the sorts, and the Burger King man made appearances at Camp. Who knew.

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Ay yay yay. Last night we held a little get together called redneck night. This is when the Americanos dress up like Wally Nascar and the Brazillians dress up as they perceive us. Ironically,as ridiculous as they looked, if I didn't know any better I'd have thought a few of our friends had shown up. These are same good folks that dropped some coinage to fund this little shindig. Fun stuff.As for

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The brilliance of this place is the absolute similarity to "island time." Hurry hurry so we can get ready, only to wait and wonder for the next hour or two what we are waiting around for. That being said, maybe that is exactly what we are supposed to be learning. I and maybe you are constantly running from one event to the next, whether it be work related, sports activities, work out, you name it

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Boa Tarde friends and family!Our team has made it safely to Aldeia, the small town outside of Recife, where camp is held and we will be spending our week. Thank you for your prayers. Our travel went smoothly and we arrived with all 30 bags that were filled to the brim with the wonderful donations you generously gave.Pastor Lecio greeted us at the airport and took us immediately to Kids Place

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Friday morning began the final stretch of our time in Brazil. After breakfast and a great time of worship in song, Brandon encouraged us all to finish strong and leave every once of energy behind at Kid's Place. We boarded the bus and headed over to spend the day with our new friends.At Kid's Place Friday's begin with singing and a short time of sharing. Singing with the children is an awesome

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Each day we are here, our team grows closer together and our love for the Brazilians gets stronger. The children continue to get more comfortable with us. Their enthusiasm is contagious. And, they have each found their buddies among the Americans. We play, we laugh, we sing, and we expend so much energy together. Through their time in class learning about American traditions (curiosities) they

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Today was another great day at Kids Place. Once again, we started the day with a great devotion by Randy and Emily Elston. Randy also shared his testimony, which blessed all of us. Mary Ann Miltenberger commented on what a blessing the trip has been. She couldn’t be more right. And, a rain shower during our devotion cooled things off for a few minutes!The kids were full of energy when we arrived

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What do these things have in common? They are the themes that each family team is using during our teaching times with the kids. Each morning this week, we’re responsible for teaching a group of about 20 kids a Bible verse, telling them about one of the above “American curiosities,” and leading a playground game.The day started with a great devotion and singing time. Rick and Chad Rizenbergs

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Those words come at the end of a very full 36 hour day. All our families are on their way to bed in beautiful Brazil. We began the trek back at DFW early Sunday and arrived safely in Recife to the warm greeting of Pastor Lecio and many others at the airport. After a brief stop to drop our bags and change clothes we headed straight over to Kid’s Place.When we arrived, Cole, Paul, Chad, Nathan

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Our group gathered last night for our final preparation meeting before leaving for Brazil on Sunday. We are all so excited to meet the children and families we will be serving next week. What a privilege! Imagine that there are 24 bags like these filled with supplies for our week at Kid's Place in Recife. As Brandon shared with us last night, "All you need for the week is your passport and

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It’s about one week until our Spring Break group leaves for Brazil. This time, there are 12 adults and 12 kids. It’s a great group! We have seen God working in so many big and small ways as we’ve prepared for the trip. As we’ve all sent letters to our friends and families asking for support, we have been so blessed by the words of encouragement and generous gifts. We are excited to have such a

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Well everyone we are home. Our trip home yesterday was pretty uneventful other than several uncomfortable wand body searches and bag invasions through security in Recife Airport and a run through the halls of Miami Airport when the screen said one gate and the attendants telling us another. But, everyone made it home on time at 11 pm last evening. It was a wonderful reunion with husbands,

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Well let me first apologize to you about not posting anything yesterday. I was overtaken with exhaustion and was unable to make myself go back down to the computer. So, we do really want to share with you about our truly emotional and spiritual day at Kids Place. We started our day with an in depth prayer for the hearts of the women to be opened, their eyes to see, their ears to hear and that we

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We woke this morning ready to go. Our morning devotional was phenominal. We had decided that the devil was trying to get us down, and we were not having it. Megan and Julie were feeling fantastic and refreshed from a good nights rest. We talked and prayed over the team, our friends and family at home, our missing comrades still in Texas, Kelly and Kathy, Jennis mother in law, the women of the

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I am at the new hotel in Recife. The city is much different than the village:busy and crazy with activity. The Carnival is still going on and it is a little dangerous. We must keep our purses in front of us at all times and stay together just to void the drunks(like Mardi Gras). We arrived her this afternoon. Settled into the hotel and were blessed with a visit to Kids place for their service.

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We have left the village with much joy in our hearts. We apologize for the late blogging: flexibility, flexibility, flexibility. Our new term. Yesterday we felt and watched God show His Amazing face and Amazing grace! Since we received our bags we were able to bless the people of the village with much fun, examples of Christ`s love for them. Each woman was able to decorate a journal with

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We stand in awe of You Lord Jesus! What an exhausting, yet empowering Day in Christ. We began our morning with a devotional; singing and praising God for always being here for us. Pastor Josue joined us and shared a word about the home life situations of the women attending today. He shared of their poverty,abuse and promiscuity, children as young as 12. This set our hearts on God's plan for

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Greetings from PauauAzul Hotel Brazil. It has been a bittersweet beginning to what we know will be a testiment of God's faithfulness. We are saddened to share with you that Kelly Breedlove, our dear and sweet sister in Christ was unable to make it on this journey with us. We began our department at DFW airport with tears and hugs as we promised her we would carry her work to the people here. Our

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Love is on the move. One week from today we will depart to Recife, Brazil and spread God's love to the people there. It has been our hope for God to expose our usefulness to His work that He is already doing in Recife. We are so excited and humbled as we have watched God already show His face in our preparations. So many folks have joined us on this journey in providing medical supplies, crafts,

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We apologise for the lack of posts this trip, we've had very little internet connection. Time has also been short with our tight schedule. We are very greatful for your prayers. It is truely amazing how God works through our friends and family. Tonight (Thursday) was the last full day of camp. Although it is heartbreaking, it is comforting knowing that 167 kids were loved, fed, encouraged,

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Hello everyone, After getting a good nights rest, we headed out to our first day of camp today. It was amazing to see the joy in the children's faces as they arrived. We have 167 kids, that's the most that have ever been to this camp! The kids are so sweet, and get really excited about everything. At lunch, they ate, and ate, and ate. They rarely get to eat until they are full. It was

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Hello everyone,(Sorry we haven't been updating, we haven't had internet connection until now)We just want update you on the mission trip to Brazil. We have safely made it to Brazil at 9:30 on Saturday morning, praise God! We relaxed at the hotel for the afternoon to recooperate from our previous travels. At 6:00 PM we had a team meeting, followed by a visit to the camp facilities that we will be

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This group from Michigan and from New York leave Friday morning to partner in the coming week with our wonderful Brazilian VFC ministry team. Upon landing in Recife on Saturday, we plan to head right on over to Coche and enjoy a special year end event with the Kids Place kids. After that short-but-sweet reunion, we will get back on our bus and head over to our ministry site for the week,

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Greetings to our Brothers and Sisters in Christ:As I sit here to write the final blog on our day of departure from the fishing village, I become aware that the promises contained in the Word of God have been fulfilled this week. I sit in the early morning hours under a thatched palapa on the beach outside our hotel, staring out at a calm sea. Old wooden fishing boats are gently bobbing up and

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Greetings friends and family!!Day by day it is becoming more difficult to determine whether our team traveled all the way to a remote corner of Brazil to serve others in need, or whether this trip is actually a pre-ordained journey to sanctify our own relationship with Christ. We have truely been blessed by the beautiful Brazilian people, by Pastor Josue and his ministry, and this special group

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Boa Noite from the Fishing Village!It has begun. Without question, God's presence in this ministry and in this village is now becoming extremely visible; the signs of God's direct involvement in the day's activities are so pronounced that they just cannot be denied or explained in any other way. An electric feeling is starting to overcome each missionary and Brazilian, and you can seemingly feel

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Good evening friends!Your Mission Team is in high spirits after another great day in Northeast Brazil. On this day surprises lurked around every corner, keeping enthusiasm high and praise for God rampant.We were saddened this morning to learn that two of our teammates had taken ill overnight, and would not be able to attend the sessions today. 12 year old Ellee Conway was taken to the area

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Greetings from your Brazil Mission Team!The first full day of any organized event is always preceded with a certain level of anxiety, as a handful of details remain to be worked out and certain important obligations rest in the hands of others outside of your direct control. And so it was this morning as our team gathered at 7:30 am under the thatched covering for our morning devotional. As

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Oi, amigos!!As expected, God filled our first full day in Brazil with a multitude of excitement, beauty, action, planning and in the end, a fair amount of exhaustion.The team was greeted with a warm sun this morning, which would soon turn into what even a Texan would call a hot sun. But fueled with a wonderful breakfast prepared by the friendly hotel staff, the team was up to any challenge this

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Greetings from Brazil!!One year ago the VFC Brazil team left the small fishing village of Abreau de Una after a very emotional and successful week of staging the village's first bible study programs in Pastor Josue's missionary compound. It was evident to all that something very special had occurred that week, as village children and adults alike responded to God's call and took the first baby

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The team is on the plane in Miami and ready for takeoff; however, in the space of 20 minutes, while rushing to catch the plane, one of life's unexpected events has occurred and shaken everyone on the team. Young Kent Breedlove, an exuberant young man who was so looking forward to ministering the kids of Brazil, tripped in the airport and broke his arm. No information is currently available, but

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Good evening from the runway in Miami!The Brazil Mission Team has had an uneventful flight to Miami; however, we have an extrmely tight connection to our Brazil flight, so there will be no time to post an extensive blog this evening. Just know that all is well, everyone made the flight, and we are extremely excited. We look forward to a very eventful day tomorrow, and of course all details will

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Good evening Brothers and Sisters in Christ!Christmastime in March; that is what it feels like for the 49 team members set to embark on another magical trip to our beloved fishing village on the coast of Northeast Brazil, Abreu do Una. In just four days, our team will board a flight that will quite literally take us closer to God. Though our destination is too small to even appear on most

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We are home and safe. Thank you for everything...So on the last blog, I wanted to do something a little bit different. I am an English teacher, so I thought it would be really cool to write a poem. I asked each member of our team to write down a couple of sentences answering the question - What did you see God do this week? Here is what they wrote.Lost and FoundThe light breaks throughthe bars in

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Friday:Our last day of the trip occurred in the fishing village. We arrived fairly early and walked to the beach. It was very beautiful!Vaction Bible School began at 3:00 p.m. We ran a condensed version of what we did this week - the bracelets and the flip-flops. About 170 kids/youth showed up. Probably one of the most exciting times for us, besides the kids, was the excitement that Josue

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What a long, and bittersweet day!We talked to the kids about the Ten Commandments today. In crafts, they made hanging door thing-a-ma-jiggers (It's 12:30 a.m. Please forgive me I am a little tired - I can't remember the word.) with stickers. It was truly a day to enjoy the kids.Kid's Place - We had 190 kids. After we fed the children lunch, we washed the feet of our missionaries, pastors, and

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Greetings from Brazil!Tuesday - 240 kids were given flouride treatments and made first aid kits. We discussed prevention and resistance. Two stories from our kids:1) At Kid's Place and Anthenor's, Cruz Shope picked up an evangecube and shared Christ with Evandrul (Kid's Place) and Guillerme (Favela da Linha), two of his new friends. Both accepted Christ! 2) At the end of our day at Kid's Place,

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Oi!Hello from Brazil!We had a fantastic day today. We began our day at Coque favela, where sixty kids showed up for a morning of crafts, sports, worship and a puppet show. It was very exciting! These kids are poverty stricken, from broken homes, and many do not even know how to respond to something as simple as a hug. We presented the gospel through the wordless book. Many children listened.

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Today we visited Coque favela and Favela da Linha; these are the two spots we will be working at this week. Coque favela's Kid's Place is absolutely a dream come true for many of us on this trip. This is the same building we visited last year, but it was just a cleared out automotive transmission shop. Now, there are bathrooms and classrooms and paint on the walls to match the desks in the

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Boa Noite!Good Evening!! I forgot to mention yesterday that every single one of our bags, personal and vacation bible school, made it here. :)We had a fantastic rest full day. We were able to do some sightseeing and shopping at the local "prison". All the cells were shops; it was very interesting. We spent a good majority of our day with our "buddy", visiting and goofing around as we walked

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Bom Dia!!Good Day or evening from Brazil! We arrived in Recife at 4:30 p.m. (almost 24 hours from the time we left DFW). God is so good! The flight from DFW to Sao Paulo was uneventful - lots of sleeplessness, movie watching and partial dozing.But, the flight from Sao Paulo to Recife was extraordinary! Joseph Sansanelli sat next to a Brazilian woman named Maria Jose, an attorney and professed

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Tomorrow we leave Brazil, so we made the most of our time today. We went to the old Recife prison, which is now what we would call a "mall". After bargaining, and shopping till we dropped; we headed off the the newly bought camp property that Volunteers For Christ has purchased. It was really awesome seeing this large piece of land and knowing that many souls will be saved there in the days to

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Today was a day filled with many mixed emotions for our team and for the Brazilians as well. It was an encouragement to see the continued work of the evangelism team as well as to see the progress the kids have made throughout their week at the VBS. It´s quite the amazing sight to look around and see kids praying with adults and other kids to receive salvation. Some of the kids are so eager to

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Today´s VBS was much the same as yesterday´s: fun, exciting, and tiring! Some of the kids from the community (a.k.a. favellas) that our team met yesterday came to VBS this morning. It was so encouraging to see their bright, smiling faces and recognize them from the day before. One thing that many of us noticed today especially was a growing attachment to the kids. We have formed stronger

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Today we realized that the physical and mental workouts we are experiencing are beginning to wear on us. Yawning and dragging our feet, we got out of the hotel and piled onto our bus at 8am as usual. Walking in to see the smiling faces of the brazillian kids raised our spirits and got us ready to face the day! During VBS we had several children raise their hands to accept Christ, and everyone who

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Today, breakfast started around 7:30, and by eight, we were on our way to Kid´s Place to greet the kids. You could see how anxious they were to meet us, but they seemed nervous too. However, they quickly warmed up to us, and once the worship and activities started, they forgot about the barriers between us. Many of our crew leaders were touched when some of the kids from last year´s VBS ran up to

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This morning started with a short team meeting outside the hotel. Pastor Darril spoke to the group about the purpose behind our trip. Since today was our first full day here, and VBS doesn´t start until Monday, the Brazil team got to enjoy the beach for a little while. After some time in the sun, we headed to the new Kid´s Place, which, through a lot of prayer and hard work, has been renovated

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All 36 of us arrived in Recife, Brazil at 6:00pm today; healthy and mostly happy. Ten hours on a packed flight with nowhere to move can make a person cranky! BUT, that won´t stop this team. After 26 hours of travel; hot showers, pizza, and team bonding on the beach got us ready to start our missions experience here in Brazil. We had a first-time flyer with us, and tension was high as we started

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Mark, Noah, & Mickie Bliss, Melissa Clay, Denise & Rachel Csatari, Mike Darrow, Sarah DeKoninck, Megan Gill, Rick & Alecia Hinston, Darril & Marie Holden, Tom & Julia Lampert, Darcy Leyder, Andrea & Mary Martinovich, Bob & Ilene McMann , Colton Morozow, Craig Poston, Marcel Provenzola, Rob Quinn, Robin Reese, Michael Reffitt, Jessica Sloan, Morgan Sweeney, Gildo & David Tori, Larry & Ruth

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