Hello to our friends and family back home! This is Leah. It is 10:30 PM here, we´ve just come in from the freezing/windy night air after walking from dinner. The team is up in their rooms getting settled in for the night.
As hard as it was to leave Jaguarao Brazil and Rio Branco Uruguay, we were excited to return to the capital and begin this new leg of the trip. Duing the bus ride back, we got a look at just how big yesterday´s storm had been. For at least another 100 miles past Rio Branco, much of the farm lands were flooded. People were out everywhere reparing the damage. It was quite a site, but somewhat common in that area.
To give you an idea of how this part of the world operates, just about everything is on a LATER schedule than we are used to. Businesses open late in the morning. Dinner is served late. You can not find an open restaurant at noon for lunch, or before 8:00 or 9:00 PM for dinner! They close between the lunch and dinner off-hours, so if you want to eat early, you are out of luck! So during our bus ride, when it was lunch time and the group was hungry, the town we drove up to had pretty much nothing open! We did manage to find a bakery and but together some sandwiches, phew!
The same thing happened tonight (and many of the other nights during this trip!!!) when it was dinner time. So we´ve learned vey well to adjust our schedules and go the Brazilian or Uruguayan way...eat very very late! Tonight we walked to a restaraunt near the hotel and had some awesome pasta.
Tomorow we have another clinic. Please pray that many people from the community will come!
And I´d like to close with a message fom Jerry: He wants all of the families and friends who are reading the blog but have not yet left a message, TO PLEASE WRITE US! The team is reading all of your comments and we all truly appreciate what you have written. Thanks! We´d love to hear from ALL of you!
Good night!
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So relieved to hear you are safely back in Montevideo, especially after your description of yesterday's weather. We truly appreciate the messages from everyone and wait every evening to hear what each day brings. Becca, we love and miss you as always...can't wait to see you next week! Grandpa & Grandma
ReplyDeleteBecca - Mom here...love you so much!!! Can't wait to hear more details on the trip when you get home...Mom
ReplyDeleteGroup, hope lots of people show up at the clinic in the morning. Carol, Savannah's mom
ReplyDeleteTeam-Know there was a group praying for you this evening. Becca-Uncle Jerry & Aunt Charlotte are here and can't wait to read about all your opportunities there! We love you and are so proud of you! Dad & Cyndie
ReplyDeleteHey Becca! I am so proud of you!!! I think it is so great that you have invited God in and are doing his work.
ReplyDeleteTeam! Great job- we are praying for you, so exciting to hear about all of the goodness!
Blessings!
Becky
Hey little sister.(Becca) Uncle Jerry here. It was sooo..
ReplyDeletecool to read your blog. Honey, it is so good what you are doing with your family in Christ. You are so very right about how cool our family is. God really has neat kids all over the world. Charlotte and I are so looking to seeing you when you get home. We are going to be doing some street ministry this week here near your home. Pray for us.
Heavenly Father, thank you for being so big in Becca's life. Father always help her to be sensitive your voice. Help her to express her faith in you by her obedience.
We are proud of you.
Luuuuuuuuuuv you sooooooooo much
Hey, Jerry DeS wants to know if you saw any floating cars. haha. Keep working hard and expect good things to happen today. I hope God will reveal to each one of you the reason He has you there.
ReplyDeletelove Sheila and Jerry
Hello to Jengers and all of the wonderful people representing Cornerstone and The Lord in Uruguay. Sometimes midway through a mission trip things can get a little rough. We pray that you have renewed strength, and an overwhelming passion for what you are doing. Remember that the Lord sent EACH and EVERY ONE of you for a special purpose and He is not finished with you yet!
ReplyDeleteWe love you!! Mom and Dad (Pat and Cari)
Hey Team...I have to say how impressed I was that you found something so wonderful to do with the unexpected free time the other day. The old folks are the ones most forgotten in any culture. They will be talking about your kindness and companionship for quite some time to come.
ReplyDeleteTayler & Jake, Grandma looked at the blog with me last night and cant wait for you to share your experiences with her. I love you both so much & miss you more than you will ever know...that is until you have children that ditch you for a foreign country...j/k. Mom
106 here today...enjoy the cold weather.
Hey Teresa, Austin & McKay love the logs and pictures. It is so good to see how God is working through each of you and your unique skills and talents. I can tell all of you have been touched by the people. Miss you and can't waint to hear more about your experiences. That storm sounds like a Texas sized storm. Love.....& more, Mama 'C'
ReplyDeleteWOW DIDNT KNOW YOU COULD DO THIS TILL TODAY. IT IS COLD HER GIRLS SO BRING SOME WARM CLOTHES AND HEAD HOME RON MC
ReplyDeleteThis comment is for Leah, our first kid! Boy are we proud of you. Dad and I hope you had a great birthday and that you are so blessed today as you minister. We love you and pray for God's blessing upon you, Jerry, and the team. Your boys are wonderful and can't wait to see their Mom again. You are such a blessing, dear Leah.
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Hola Team! Thanks to Sheila DeS or Laura's technologically challenged family would not be part of this wonderful blog. We look forward expectedly and prayerfully each day to here of how awesome our God is. We pray for continued safety and health for the entire team, and most especially the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on each one of you as minister in the Lord's name. Blessings, Nick and Kathy (Lynnie says Hi:) )
ReplyDeleteAMY LYNN!!!!!! I keep telling everyone here about what you are doing because they are to lazy to get on the blog and read for themselves. But Cammy and Josh and Leon are all really excited to hear everything first hand from you and not just me telling them what i read on here. I can't wait to see your pretty little face and hear all the amazing stories.
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PS ferch went to Boot Camp. Can you believe it?!!! at least that is what i heard last that she was doing. she still has time to back out.
Hey Guys, this is Pastor Chad out in the wild west town of Pahrump! Just wanted to say Lindsay and I are praying for you guys, and are so excited to see the great things you are doing. You are truly God's hands and feet extended. I personally wish I was there with you, but please know that you have our love, support and prayers with you as you go!
ReplyDeleteGo Team Go! Love you all,
-PC
Eladio -- congratulations! God is so good! -- Reta Callaway and Chris Dahir
ReplyDeleteCome on Guys its almost 11 your time...where is our blog post we have grown so accustom to?
ReplyDeleteOkay, maybe we have gotten spoiled, but now it is midnight your time? Where are you guys?
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