Day 1 at Divino

We started the day at Divino, the weather is beautiful. The village is located on a hill. Dr. Twilley and Dr. Eli set up their dental station and saw patients all day. Not as busy as we would like to be but saw everybody that needed to be treated. The people were very receptive and appreciative of our services. The best part was that 5 people were saved when the Brazilian pastor, Pastor Rai, preached. This is significant because prior to this visit only one person had been saved. Dr. Jack worked on the font and put all four rocking chairs together. Sadler was very helpful and did lots of the work. The people in the village were very receptive and there were many many children. The medical team treated over fifty patients today. We had some rain off and on, the weather generally has been good. Our team is working real good together as well as our interpreters. So far the food has been great except for the fish heads. We are currently in construction of the baptismal to put in sol nacente. A highlight of the day for Sadler was the nail and hair clinic that we ran for the girls in the village. Finally, we handed out thirty-five family bags at our service tonight.

-Dr. Jack and Dr. Dog

We have been on this trip for 3 days and we are just beginning to get used to sleeping in the hammoks and eating beans/ rice three times a day...The theme of our trip has been sacrifice...Sacrifice of comfort, AC, family, money, etc. But, it is all worth it when compared to the riches of Christ and seeing God glorified in these villages. One of the highlights of this trip for me is seeing familiar faces in familiar villages and knowing that they are hearing the same and True gospel year in/year out. May God be glorified by Eastwood's dedication to and pursuit of this area of the Amazon river! May all of us in the body of Eastwood revel in the fact that we will someday spend eternity with our Brazilian brothers and sisters that we as a church have supported all of these years!

In closing, I would be remiss to not take a moment and thank my incredible, talented, beautiful, faithful wife for HER sacrifice for the men/ women/ children on Brazil. If it was not for her and many other wives and husbands through the years, we (the team here) would not be able to do this. I can rest at night knowing that my family is okay because my best friend is taking care of them; looking to Christ for guidance, provision and wisdom. I DO miss my kids; I DO miss my wife; I do miss my dogs...But, I know that they believe as strongly as I do that this is where I should be right now and that daddy is praying for them as strongly as they are praying for him.

- Chris Duggar