The outside wall is being built at the health
clinic.
If you can't feed
a hundred people,
then
just
feed
one.
—Mother Teresa
TUESDAY,
APRIL 1, 2008
QUICK UPDATE I have been moving all of my websites to a new server the
past three days, which is not exactly a point-and-click procedure. I
use a ton of special scripts and I'm having to modify them all; this
is why the last time I did this was 1999. There won't be many
updates until I get everything done. But all is well; we're pressing
on with the clinic and we're continuing classes and the work, as
always, is great.
SATURDAY,
APRIL 12, 2008
QUICK UPDATE We've added five new bulletin inserts for Project Brasil.
You can
find them here.
THURSDAY,
APRIL 17, 2008
DENGUE EPIDEMIC There's been a serious outbreak of Dengue (pronounced
Dang Gee) Fever in Rio this year. Dengue is a malaria like disease
that is transmitted through mosquito bites. It has rained a lot in
the past month, which increases the problem. In the last three
months more than 75,000 in Rio de Janeiro alone have been infected
with Dengue, and about 80 people have died from it.
Our volunteer, Hannah, had Dengue when she first arrived in Rio. Her
fiance, Pim, was unable to travel back to Sweden this week because
he had it. Bruno took his whole family to the doctor yesterday
because they appeared to have it, but I haven't heard back from him.
Pray for us and pray for the health of our workers and the people we
serve.
FRIDAY,
APRIL 18, 2008
PROJETO VIDA Here's a video of an evangelistic hip-hop meeting the
church in Morro Azul sponsored a couple of weeks ago. It was led by
Daise and Flavio and some of the other young people at the Catete
church.
The video is three and half minutes long. It has good photos and
film of the people who live in our community.
MONDAY,
APRIL 28, 2008
A QUICK UPDATE What a busy week we've had, and how quickly the month of
April has flown by. Here are some quick updates.
For the last 6 weeks I've been living in Morro Azul, in an apartment
above the church and next to our school rooms. It has been an
interesting experience. I've enjoyed being a part of the community.
It has also helped me get a better understanding of how
the people I serve live day to day. It's one thing to come into the
favela for classes in the afternoon or worship services in the early
evening, and then leave when it's over. It's another thing to accept
the same standard of living, to stay
here at night, listening to what's happening in the streets,
wondering what might happen next. We had a
little trouble here Saturday afternoon, but everything is fine
now.
I was scheduled to preach last night, but my translator (Ricardo's
fiance) had to cancel at the last minute; her father was rushed to
the hospital yesterday. It happened too late for me get another
translator, so instead I sang a couple of worship songs and Ricardo
preached. We had a great worship service.
We are still working on the clinic. Last week there two holidays in
Brasil, Monday and Wednesday, so I wasn't able to go to Bangu. I'll
be there this week and will get some pictures of our progress.
