Gone Fishin'

A few of my adolescent Sunday School boys (Berg, Julian, and Victor) out fishing for their first time.

After finishing our Sunday School quarterly, I wanted to do something special with the kids who had had faithful attendance for the last 4 months. The girls came over to our house Friday for a sleep over complete with pizza and a moonlight swim. This morning, Milton, one of our deacons from church, helped me take the boys on a wee fishing trip just outside of town. Here are some shots of our time out.

Awesome, beautiful, refreshing...in the middle of a very dry land.

We fished mostly for minnows, but I happened to hook a slightly bigger dude...since he was of the bigger variety, we threw him back in.

Milton got a tilapia with his net...we kept this one. :)

We've got company...thankfully downstream.

Our MINI fish...took them home and fried them up for lunch. MMM MMM!

Welcome Home!

Ivonete, Cristina and Bete getting ready to hand out the "dogs" that Ron and Dad cooked up for the crowd.

I know it has been almost two weeks since we got here, and I shouldn't be allowed to do this post any more, but I am going to rebel and do it anyway. Can't let the opportunity pass me by!

In reality, I just now got up the courage to open Windows Movie Maker to save this little video clip in a size that I can upload it on my blog. I discovered that I don't need a rocket science degree to do it after all. Whew!

The video is of some of my band kids the night after we got back to Brazil. They came out to the church where some of our school and church friends held a "welcome home" bar-b-que for us. Over half of the band kids were able to make it and played 5 of the songs that they have been working on since we left for the US. It was quite a concert. ENJOY!!!

Christmas 2007

Christmas Concert - 2007

Jessica and I participated in a Christmas Concert this December. It was the first of it's kind that I am aware of. Musicians from the Conservatory and University (choir and orchestra) performed 10 sacred pieces for members of the university faculty and friends of the musicians.

Here is just a wee video (forgive the quality!!!) of one of the songs. Jessica is to the left of the yellow folder and I am on the end of the front row.

The Christ Is Life Church held it's Christmas program on the 23rd. Lots of visitors came out and enjoyed the program put on by the Sunday School department and directed by two of the teachers. Cookies, coffee and tea were served afterwards while people stayed around to visit.

Sunday School kids reciting Luke 2

Jessica, Alicia and Lori playing "Away in a Manger"