February Carnival Retreat
I didnt have a lot of time for taking pictures but here were some pictures of dressing up as different characters on the third night of the camp
Two of the counselors won third prize dressing up as some well known character of a TV show called "Chaves"
Tatiane and Abigail (two teen girls from our church)
Paulinho and Vitor
Barry Webb an evangelist came down to Brazil and was a blessing to our church as well as other places that he ministered to. You can see one of his many talents with his chalk drawing.
It is already hard to translate in another language. Imagine trying to translate a ventriloquist in another language as he uses puppets! :)
We were able to have a getaway (kind of the meaning for the word retreat) retreat for the pastors and their family. Just spending time with the family. I am looking too big for the swing and Sabrina is looking too small for the swing! :)
Sabrina was both fascinated and scared of the somewhat loud turkeys.
We enjoy special times when teens just decide to stop by and visit us at our house like Paulinho sitting with Sabrina.
Not Adriele's usual dress for SS, but we are in the middle of a SS campaign with two competing teams. Adriele is a part of the clown fish team (aka nemo). They are currently winning.
Our youth rally at our church.
Krista along with other teens painting the map of the world.
The green that Krista picked out came out very nicely... especially compared to....
....the pale blue that was peeling off and also ruined by us putting in a new door in the room.
Some of the children and teens presenting a special music number as Faith Baptist Church celebrates one year.
Three of the teens that wanted a picture taken after the service.
Dani and I celebrated our 5th year anniversary by going to a nearby tourist town for a couple of days. Here is one of the beautiful sights in the mountains.
Yes, Sabrina went with us! No grandma nearby to take care of her! One is 5 hours away, and the other one is a whole country away.
The tourist town called Campos do Jordão had various things that reminded us of Gramado where we spent our honeymoon including these hortensias.
The newly painted front of the church along with the stainless steel letters as our sign gave an extra professional look to our church.
We were also able to put up a marble table in our foyer.
