Still Here

Friday morning in Curitiba, and all is well -- except that I have had little time and little internet access to keep you updated.  Stay tuned and I will eventually post information and pictures about all of our Brazil travels in the coming days.  We have found some exciting new projects that will need support, such as church planting in Curitiba led by the Methodist Bishop's wife, and the Nuselon foster home in Londrina that has capacity and security problems.

This morning is the first internet access I have had in 24 hours.  We are meeting Bishop Joao Carlos Lopes and his wife Audir later this morning to continue our project discussions.  They will be taking us to the airport this afternoon.  Yesterday, Audir showed us three startup churches in Curitiba, Guaratuba, and Itapoa.  All three projects are in very poor favelas and are led by Christian volunteers.  The Curitiba church is in the Pantanal favela, literally in the middle of a garbage landfill.  The other two churches are very new and are located in small cities on the southern Brazilian coast.  Each church has the capacity to serve about 15-30 children and also hold a worship service once a week.

Although the bulk of our travel ends today, our work is just beginning.  As I have promised, you will soon see much more information and pictures about all of the project needs in Brazil.  We will be discussing all of the needs we have seen and then will propose some new projects to help spread God's love in Brazil over the next 12 months.  Also, we will be hosting a celebration dinner at Christ United Methodist Church on the evening of September 11 in Chapel Hill.  Stay tuned for details on all of this.

Thank you for your prayers and for your interest in helping the children of Brazil.