Hello from Brasil!

Hey everyone!

Just a quick note to say that I made it and all is well down here so far. My luggage hasn't arrived yet, but hopefully it will by tonight.

Today Bruno is out doing meetings while Camila and I are here in the apartment cooking and taking care of Mariana. We were told that my luggage would arrive this morning, so we stayed to receive it, but when we called to check on it this morning, they said tonight at the earliest. Hopefully that won't keep us all at home for much longer. I think Bruno and I will be giving some meetings together over the next few weeks. He is teaching me the "Chemical Cross" presentation so I can do more than just the "Heaven" sketchboard. My Portuguese is still pretty rough, so we'll see how all these meetings turn out. :)

Quick update on the VISA situation for the team- I am told that the consulate has agreed to an appointment to reveive the applications on June 4th and will have them completed on June 5th before the team has to fly out. Praise the Lord! I am very excited to have my WHOLE team joining me in a few weeks. :)

On another note, in talking to Bruno and Camila I have come to find out that they both have one more year of seminary to complete their degrees, but can't afford to pay for it. And they only have a small window of time to complete their degrees before the government will make them start over (which would be 4 more years each) to recognize their degree as official and legal to use to share the gospel (their "career"in the govt's eyes). It would cost about US$300 total per month for a year to put them both through their last classes. I would SO like to figure out how we can help them move on through this process. Any good ideas?

Anywho, that's all from me for right now. Thank you so much for your prayers and encouragement! I am so grateful to know that my church and friends back home are having a big hand in the ministry here by praying.

Love you guys!