17th June Update

Hi everyone.

This last week has been very busy but very good. On Friday, 2 of our supervisors from Recife came to visit, bringing a friend called Jose who is a Latin Link Strider. They arrived very early in the morning and we greated them with a nice breakfast. Soon after that, at 11.30, we all watched the first World Cup game which was really fun. In the afternoon we all went to the Cajepe Church and ran another kids club. We had the help of the Latin Link Strider, Jose, and that was really helpful. We had games, a craft, a drama and we also a sung a couple of songs. A Brazilian friend from the church came to help and played a couple of songs with the children, he was really good.

On saturday, we managed to get 12 motor taxi´s, motorbikes that are used as taxis, and we all got a ride up to the top of one of the moutains that surrounds Serra Talhada. This was amazing, the view from the top was incredible. You could see the whole of Serra Talhada from the top. Soon after that we were all invited to a friends house to watch England´s first game in the World Cup.

The next day, Sunday, we were taken to our worker at the church´s farm, that was far out of the center of Serra Talhada. It was one of his daughters birthdays and so the whole team sung ihappy birthday in english and then the brazilians sung their version of happy birthday. There was a lake nearby and so a few people went for a swim. We then got back in time for the evening services at the 2 church´s and we all went to church that evening.

On monday we worked in the morning and then we travelled to a different town to get our VISA´s renewed. We came to brazil on a 90 day VISA and we had always planned to renew for the rest of the time whilst out in Brazil. This took up the afternoon and part of the evening but we needed to do it so it didn´t matter.

Tuesday was the day that we had orignally planned to get our VISA´s renewed and so we had to work out a different working timetable for that day. There was the first Brazil World Cup match on that afternoon and because we were in Brazil, this was a big thing. We were given the afternoon off work and we had lots of Brazilians come to the church to watch the football. It was really fun being with so many excited Brazilians whilst watching the match. Everyone wore there Brazilian shirts, except Andrias, James and Joe who decided to wear different country´s shirts as a joke. Luckily, Brazil one this match so the Brazilians were very happy. Every goal that was scored, you could hear and see fireworks being set off.

Wednesday was a very full day but it was really good. We went to a near by town called Flores. We were invited there because the church that we live above and attend, planted a church in Flores. Meeting the pastor of that church was great. In the morning we visited a school near by the the church in Flores, we were in Flores all day. This was really fun. We performed a drama, sung a few songs in english and portuguese, talked about the bible and the drama we had performed and also told the children why we were here in Brazil. The pastor of the Flores church and his wife had us all for lunch and we had some really good food. I am really starting to love Brazilian food. After lunch, we went to see a couple of locals perform Capoeira for us. This is a form of dance and fighting. They also played a very ethnic instrument that looked like a bow. Later, we went to 2 more schools and did different drama´s and songs. We had a great reception from the schools and it was really enjoyable. The evening service at this church was great. We played a couple of songs and introduced ourselves. The whole day was really good.

We have only got a few weeks left at this project. My time in Brazil has gone a lot quicker than I expected but I am enjoying every minute of it. I look foward to what is to come in Serra Talhada.

Here are some pictures of the last week:





Thankyou for reading.


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