Wednesday, June 6
Greetings from Recife, Brazil!!! It hás been a crazy couple of days getting here to say the very least. Flying to another country is always a challenge, this trip tops them all so far. We had groups flying here from Lubbock, Abilene, Atlanta, Nashville, and Pittsburgh. Some connected in Sao Paulo, some Rio De Janerio, others Portaleza. All but one made it Tuesday pretty much as scheduled. 2 missed connections and were put on different planes (1 had to spend the night in a 5 star hotel provided by the airlines and arrived today). But finally we are all here and ready to go. We arrived at the Bible camp Tuesday evening, claimed bunks, and then went back into the city for dinner. We went to a mall and ate at the food court. Tonight we will eat at camp.
Although all of us are suffering from jet lag, we were up and going fairly early this morning. Rod Myers and crew were up early fixing scrambled eggs and assorted cereals. Country critters helped wake us up this morning including donkeys, turkeys, roosters, and other animals. Tree monkeys were spotted this morning as well. The camp is about an hour outside the city. Recife is a huge city (1,500,000) and shows lots of signs of being a very modern city. But once you reach the outskirts it looks amazingly like Honduras for those of you that have been there. Brian Steffy, John Wallace and I were comparing places here to Mololoa, San Miguel, etc.
Today we are going to a children´s hospital associated with St. Jude´s hospital in Memphis. We have loaded up our backpacks full of toys and crayons and Jim Casey is planning a big magic show for the kids. VBS starts Thursday and will run 3 days at the camp.
So long for now, more news and stories to come. Keep us in your prayers, we miss you all.
TR
4 comments:
Very glad to hear that you all made it and are doing well. Please let Scott and Hayley Townsend know that I love and missem like crazy. I can't wait to hear how youns like Brazil,and how its compared to Hondorus. Keeping all you in my prayers.............Love, Ethel Hope to hear from you soon!!!
Scott and Hayley, forget the refrigerater magnet, bring me home one of those monkeys, k??? Love you, Ethel and baby
Hey Terry,
This is Allison (and Will) West. Please tell Danny hi and we are praying for him and yall's trip! I didn't know Rod was there, so tell him howdy too! We wish we could be there w/yall!
Love,
Allison
Glad to hear all is going well. I can hardly wait for the pictures. Kevin we will let the teenagers know that the coloring books were a hit. We pray that your return goes smoother than your arrival! We need to talk at least a day or so before you leave to go over the options again. We miss you, work hard, be safe!
Love, Kim and Claudia (Kevin's parents)
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