Title: Brazilians stick together
Body: Tonight we played a game called "Mafia" with our Brazilian translators. Mafia is a game of secrecy and elimination which is too complicated to explain, but we discovered an important fact: Brazilians stick together. The game is designed to spur controversy and sides which ends with tons of laughter and drama. We started with 32 people in the circle, and we soon discovered that the 10 Brazilians were always voting together. It was too late when we realized it and there was nothing we could do to stop the inevitable…. an all Brazilian final.
Body: Tonight we played a game called "Mafia" with our Brazilian translators. Mafia is a game of secrecy and elimination which is too complicated to explain, but we discovered an important fact: Brazilians stick together. The game is designed to spur controversy and sides which ends with tons of laughter and drama. We started with 32 people in the circle, and we soon discovered that the 10 Brazilians were always voting together. It was too late when we realized it and there was nothing we could do to stop the inevitable…. an all Brazilian final.
It is the end of our first day on the river, and having spent the majority of day preparing all of our supplies, refining our ministry training knowledge, and building relationships with our connection to the Portuguese language, we are ready to get busy tomorrow.
We picked up our local pastor today who has hand-picked the villages that we will visit, and currently (10:32 PM on Sunday night), we are anchored outside the first village we will minister to. Here is our schedule for the week…
Monday – 1st Village (this will be a large village)
Tuesday – 2nd Village (small village)
Wednesday – 3rd Village (small village)
Thursday – 3rd Village (2nd Day)
Friday – 4th village (small village)
Tuesday – 2nd Village (small village)
Wednesday – 3rd Village (small village)
Thursday – 3rd Village (2nd Day)
Friday – 4th village (small village)
Friday lat e afternoon, we will begin our 22 hour trek back to Manaus by boat. Our flight back is at 12:30AM Sunday morning.
Title: Humidity, Heat, and Day 1
Body: Breakfast came 7AM this morning as we started our first day. We ate our breakfast, met at 8AM for worship and devotional (by Sarah Tauntan) and then split up in to groups of 3 and 4. Each group had an interpreter and several supplies as they moved through the village. Some teams got to speak in the local school. Some teams went in to homes, and some teams played soccer with the local kids. We did this from 9AM till 11:45.
It was hot, humid, and very encouraging. Everyone that we talked to was very responsive. Even with over 40 bags of ministry supplies, we are worried that we are going to run out. It was a day of our whole team getting to try out their ministry skills.
We had lunch and rehydrated. Most of us took another shower because we needed to cool off.
The rest of the day will continue as follows ….
- This afternoon, we will hang out around the town square, playing soccer, making balloon animals and sharing with folks. We will also use this time to promote our big activity tonight.
- We have reserved the town gymnasium that holds more than 500 people for tonight from 7PM-11PM. We are going to do a puppet show, have a testimony and let someone share the Gospel. It will be a good time.
- We have reserved the town gymnasium that holds more than 500 people for tonight from 7PM-11PM. We are going to do a puppet show, have a testimony and let someone share the Gospel. It will be a good time.
Will hopefully send pictures soon!
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