Monthly Archives: November 2012

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Family Day Project

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When we first got back to Brazil last summer the girls bedroom felt really empty. All their lives they had shared a room with Anni and Via, who stayed back in Canada. We decided to start a painting project on the back of the wardrobe to cheer things up. It took us several months of an hour or two a week. It was really fun. We would make tea or coffee, put on some music or visit, and watch the animals appear as we painted. Emma did the big jaguar, Bella did the green parrot on the bottom, I did the red macaw  and we all painted butterflies and flowers. This was our first oil painting, so we learned about that as we went along. We were all surprised at how well it turned out.

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Bella Turns 14!

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Bella turned 14 on November 2! Highlights included Anni and Via waking up and skyping at 5:30 a.m. their time, so they could open gifts together, pão de queijo for breakfast, getting a pomegranate tree with a blossom, and eating cream puffs with our neighbours, among many other special events.

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Sunday Night

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Deanna preached at church last Sunday. It was a great service. There were about 75 people present, which is normal now. The Wilson Family, who are missionaries in Pacajá, a town halfway to Altamira, were here for two days, which was really nice. Marsha played the keyboard on the worship team, and Logan played in the band at the Saturday night Youth Service.
Here are a few random photos of the service.

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The TransAmazon Highway

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I just got back from a bus trip to Altamira. On the way there the Sem Terras (a political movement) had the highway barricaded so we went the long way around the dam. There is paving and road work going on as the Xingu hydro project is underway, but it was still 15 hours getting to Altamira, and 14 hours getting home. On the way home I took the all night bus, as there is no talk of armed robberies and highway bandits.


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Adriano

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Adriano was getting a snack at a store right near our house when a fellow came in to shoot another guy. He missed his target, but accidentally hit Adriano in the leg. Adriano was in the hospital all night before the doctor had time to pull the bullet out, clean the wound, and sew up the wound yesterday morning. Thankfully the bullet stopped at the bone, and did not hit any major nerves or arteries.
Adriano really likes us, and hangs out at the church a lot. He is the only person I have had to escort off the property for exceedingly disruptive behavior during a service. At the next Sunday service he was back, and he managed to sit a little quieter. I feel really sorry for kids like Adriano. He does not know his dad. He lives in a shack with his mom. She has a few kids with different guys. He does not go to school, and cannot read or write. The other day he begged to come to town with me when I went to buy some rope for a project so I got him a motorcycle helmet and we hung out for awhile.
We ask God for mercy, and try to help when we can…like visiting him when he stops a bullet. Deanna gave him a new shirt for a present and some chocolates. He immediately ate two of the chocolates and gave the third one to his mom.