Dear friends and family,
It's a beautiful day in the Amazon! We are so blessed to be here to share the love of Christ!! We arrived safely and got EVERY piece of luggage! We also gathered 4 new team members who travelled from Indiana (Linda, Della, Becky and Margie). We started with a visit to Sol Nascente on Saturday evening with the Alabama team and dedicated the new library with the missionaries (Erika and Vanderley). Then, on Sunday morning we arrived at the Caburi tributary and our first village, Palhal. This area is one that about half of our team visited last year. It is great to see how the people in the village have grown. They seem healthier, happier and more spiritually mature. It is very clear to see that Abimael (the mission pastor) is respected and well liked by everyone. The people are so warm and receptive to our visit. We've ministered here for 2 days and have really enjoyed seeing some familiar faces. Tomorrow we work in Santa Terezinha which is another village that we visited last year.
For those of you who worry: everyone is fine and healthy and have all the right parts still attached to the right places! Personal notes (too many stopped by with a personal request so to sum it all up): "Hi" and love to all the Moms, Dads, Brothers, Sisters, Husbands, Wives and kids, friends and other relatives... (sigh!) We wish you were here - glad we're not there! (they made me write that part!!)
Stay tuned for more news and updates, for now we gotta go to work!
Phyllis, Lee, Mechiel, etc.
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