Hi, I am now back from Brazil. I arrived safe and sound into England at half past 11 in the morning on Thursday the 15th July. It has been really nice coming back and seeing all of my friends and family again. I am still adjusting to life back at home but i will soon get back in the the swing of it.
The 4 months in Brazil was an amazing experience. I have learnt alot, met many new people and I feel that I have grown more as a person. I am very glad that I went on the project. It has been very strange to not be living with 9 great freinds 24/7 but it has also been nice to have time to relax and recharge. I really hope I can put everything I have learnt into practice back here.
Thank you for all your support and I hope to speak to all of you in person and tell you about the trip in more detail.
I will be putting pictures up on Facebook soon so look at them if you can at:
http://www.facebook.com/doney12791
Thank you for reading my blog over the last 4 months.
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Tuesday 20 July 2010
Friday 2 July 2010
3rd July Update
Hi everyone. This will be my last blog update in Serra Talhada. We are leaving for Recife airport and then travelling to Rio de Janerio on Monday. This project has gone really quickly. I am hoping to write one more blog update whilst in Rio de Janerio to update you on the last 3 days we have in Serra Talhada.
Last Saturday we had a day to buy presents for family and freinds and freinds that we had made in Brazil. Our pastor came round to our house just before we were going to a freinds house for the evening. He asked me if i would like to sing a few christian songs on live state radio. Beth and Andrias came along with me as well. I was a little nervous about singing on live radio but it went really well. I really enjoyed it. Andrias gave his testimony in Portuguese and was asked a few questions. It wwas really good. After that we were taken to our freinds house were the other team members were and we had a great time there.
On Sunday, we woke up early and got a bus with people from the church to a small village in the countryside. We had a short service outside and we watched the pastor putting a briefcase into a time capsule where there was a church being built. It was raining most of the time when the service was going on and we were asked as a group to go up and sing. They picked up a lid from a large rain water container and held it above my head so that my guitar would not get wet, this looked very funny. After we got back, the England and Germany game was on. We all watched it but sadly, the result was not what we wanted. In the evening we went to our last Sunday evening service at Cajepe. This was really nice and we had a lot of pictures with the church people. It was also strange knowing that we were not going to have another Sunday evening service there.
Monday was a farely normal day. We worked in 2 groups as normal and then we had the evening free to have devotions. Tuesday was the same, except that in the evening we went out for a meal
with other church freinds.
We went to the same small village that we went to on Sunday on Wednesday to do some evangelising. We went to a school in the morning and the children were really well behaved. They were really listening and were interested. We did a drama on the good samaritan and played a few songs. We had lunch at a missionary couple´s house, we were housed there all day. Just after lunch we walked, or climbed up a hill that was next to the village. At the top was a cross and the view was incredible. Once we had climbed down we were taken to the same school as the morning but the students were different, in Brazil the children either go in the morning or the afternoon. The children in the afternoon were older so we sung songs that were more appropriate for them. The missionary couple gave us a small tea and then we travelled back in the mini bus. That evening, we went to the service at Cajepe. This was really good. We performed a lot of songs, did a drama for them and a short solo performance of a song. This was the last service that we will have at Cajepe. It was sad to not be coming back. Friends of the church invited us round their house for food after the service. They had a really beautiful house and the food was amazing.
Thursday, I had my last domestics day, my last one before we leave the project. It was a really nice day and we had a really good devotion in the evening. The devotions as a team have been really good whilst being out in Brazil. I am going to miss them when i get back to England.
Yesterday, Friday, we had our final kids club. There was a huge amount of children that came and it was really good. We played lots of games and sung lots of songs. We made one song a competition were the team who sung the loudest, or made the most noise, won. We also did a hilarious drama about the parable of the sower. A few people had flower cut outs on the faces and James had a big beek for his bird constume. Every child got a lillte goody bag full of pens, pencils and other things. The last thing we did was face painting. The whole kids club went really well and it was very fun. In the evening we went to Cajepe for the last time for a prayer meeting service. It was sad to leave the people we had made such good freinds with. It has been really good getting to know the people over ur time here. It was hard to leave.
The next 2 days ahead of us are going to be very busy but are going to be good as well. Today is a day of packing and cleaning. Tomorrow, Sunday, our team are leading the evening service at the church we live above. We are all really looking forward to this. I am going to be leading the worship, Andrias is doing the sermon and the others are all helping with the drama´s and the music. I hope to let everyone know how this goes in my last update whilst in Brazil. On monday we are getting a mini bus to Recife airport, staying the night in the airport, then getting a flight to Rio de Janerio. I really hope that all of this goes to plan.
Here are a few of the last week:
Thank you for reading
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Last Saturday we had a day to buy presents for family and freinds and freinds that we had made in Brazil. Our pastor came round to our house just before we were going to a freinds house for the evening. He asked me if i would like to sing a few christian songs on live state radio. Beth and Andrias came along with me as well. I was a little nervous about singing on live radio but it went really well. I really enjoyed it. Andrias gave his testimony in Portuguese and was asked a few questions. It wwas really good. After that we were taken to our freinds house were the other team members were and we had a great time there.
On Sunday, we woke up early and got a bus with people from the church to a small village in the countryside. We had a short service outside and we watched the pastor putting a briefcase into a time capsule where there was a church being built. It was raining most of the time when the service was going on and we were asked as a group to go up and sing. They picked up a lid from a large rain water container and held it above my head so that my guitar would not get wet, this looked very funny. After we got back, the England and Germany game was on. We all watched it but sadly, the result was not what we wanted. In the evening we went to our last Sunday evening service at Cajepe. This was really nice and we had a lot of pictures with the church people. It was also strange knowing that we were not going to have another Sunday evening service there.
Monday was a farely normal day. We worked in 2 groups as normal and then we had the evening free to have devotions. Tuesday was the same, except that in the evening we went out for a meal
with other church freinds.
We went to the same small village that we went to on Sunday on Wednesday to do some evangelising. We went to a school in the morning and the children were really well behaved. They were really listening and were interested. We did a drama on the good samaritan and played a few songs. We had lunch at a missionary couple´s house, we were housed there all day. Just after lunch we walked, or climbed up a hill that was next to the village. At the top was a cross and the view was incredible. Once we had climbed down we were taken to the same school as the morning but the students were different, in Brazil the children either go in the morning or the afternoon. The children in the afternoon were older so we sung songs that were more appropriate for them. The missionary couple gave us a small tea and then we travelled back in the mini bus. That evening, we went to the service at Cajepe. This was really good. We performed a lot of songs, did a drama for them and a short solo performance of a song. This was the last service that we will have at Cajepe. It was sad to not be coming back. Friends of the church invited us round their house for food after the service. They had a really beautiful house and the food was amazing.
Thursday, I had my last domestics day, my last one before we leave the project. It was a really nice day and we had a really good devotion in the evening. The devotions as a team have been really good whilst being out in Brazil. I am going to miss them when i get back to England.
Yesterday, Friday, we had our final kids club. There was a huge amount of children that came and it was really good. We played lots of games and sung lots of songs. We made one song a competition were the team who sung the loudest, or made the most noise, won. We also did a hilarious drama about the parable of the sower. A few people had flower cut outs on the faces and James had a big beek for his bird constume. Every child got a lillte goody bag full of pens, pencils and other things. The last thing we did was face painting. The whole kids club went really well and it was very fun. In the evening we went to Cajepe for the last time for a prayer meeting service. It was sad to leave the people we had made such good freinds with. It has been really good getting to know the people over ur time here. It was hard to leave.
The next 2 days ahead of us are going to be very busy but are going to be good as well. Today is a day of packing and cleaning. Tomorrow, Sunday, our team are leading the evening service at the church we live above. We are all really looking forward to this. I am going to be leading the worship, Andrias is doing the sermon and the others are all helping with the drama´s and the music. I hope to let everyone know how this goes in my last update whilst in Brazil. On monday we are getting a mini bus to Recife airport, staying the night in the airport, then getting a flight to Rio de Janerio. I really hope that all of this goes to plan.
Here are a few of the last week:
Thank you for reading
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