Brazil July 2012--Day 5

Day 5....Sunday.  Ryan has arrived! Yay for safe & smooth travels for Ryan on the way here! Ryan joined up with the team after church services were over.

Today was  rather low-key for the team, with the exception of Conrad.  Most of the team, Conrad & Pastor Leandro left early this morning  so that Conrad could preach for the church service in Sao Jose...approximately 1 hour away.  Conrad also preached again in Mogi tonight, while Pastor Leondro translated for both.

Debi, Mallory & Josh went with Pastor Dennis (a local Pastor who works closely with Leondro here) to the church in Mogi for the morning service.  After services, everyone met up for lunch at an amazing lunch place! It was a place where they bring you fried polenta fries, and a fried root...very similar tasting to a french fry.  They also grill steak & pork and bring it to you on small skillets...and serve all the rice & beans you want.  (I realize some of you may be thinking all we do is eat...and all I can talk about is food, and while there might be a bit of truth to that :-) I just find our food excursions unique & worthy of sharing with you! :-)

The afternoon was a time of rest for us, and everyone took advantage of the time to actually take a 3-4 hour nap!  MUCH needed rest time for some of us! Following the nap, everyone pitched in a little bit and helped get sample crafts made & double check plans for the start of Day Camps tomorrow morning.

The team pretty much enjoyed the morning & evening services free of responsibilities, with the exception of performing a silent skit in the evening service.  Though none of us are professional actors, we can manage fairly well!

Following the evening service, the youth wanted to take us out for pizza, so we all piled in and headed out.  This particular pizza place had really good, American type pizza, oven-baked.  Instead of buffet-style, they bring around each pizza and you can pick which pieces you want.  So you can try any kind, and as many kinds as you want. (My personal fav was the chocolate + strawberry ice-cream pizza!

Tomorrow we do a Day Camp, from 9:00AM-5:00 PM.  There are over 80 kids expected for these Day Camps, ages 6-12.  We will do a program similar to a VBS or 5-Day Club, just all day long.  Keep posted tomorrow for more on that!