Another Chapter Closed

It's 4:30 Monday morning. Last night the team officially wrapped up their ministry in the Cariri Valley, and in approximately 30 minutes they will be heading North torwards Fortaleza, and tomorrow towards home.

The last couple of days have been eventful, and so have not allowed us the opportunity to update. Saturday morning we helped run the Awana program at a small "church plant" just outside of Juazeiro. At 7:00am we hit the remote, dirt roads and began going door to door inviting children to come to Awana. The houses we went by were very poor. The house right next door to the church did not even have the customary wall around it, and, as the people we were working with informed us, had actually been robbed about a week before. We were able to minister directly to that family by giving them $160 (reals), the equivelent of at least 3 months salary.

Many children came with us, and by the time the groups returned to the church there were 90 kids in all! The games, songs and story time all went well, and when we left that place we wished we could stay longer.

There's much more to tell about the rest of Saturday and Sunday (including a group of American guys actually scoring a soccer goal on a bunch of Brazilian guys) but the bus awaits, and we must begin our trek north.

Thank you for your continued prayers, comments and emails. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Daniel Comings