This is Julie. I'm having difficulty getting students and good Wi-Fi in the same room, simultaneously, but I wanted to give you an update. Your students are doing fabulously! I am so proud of them.
Saturday most of us went to a school for English Camp. About 75 students joined us there. The team spent the day in various activities like singing, classroom English teaching, game playing, etc. The purpose of a day like that is to help the local church planting pastor (in this case, Lucas) build relationships in the area. Toward the end, Brad shared his testimony and did a great job! Then Lucas spent a few minutes inviting the attending students to try out a Wednesday evening gathering. We literally could have spent the whole day answering questions the group had for us. They liked to use their phones to translate a question and then try to speak it in English to us.
Bailey, Jordan, Shae and Bryan stayed in Rio do Sul and conducted a middle school "J247"-type event. Ask them how competitive some of the games were!
In the evening, we gathered a very tired group back at the church for pizza.
Today, Sunday, we spent the day as host families. Everyone did something different, so you will have to ask your team member about that when you talk with them. My "family" went to a great horse club for a barbecue and some riding.... Really... But not me. I did enjoy petting all of the horses, though.
Tonight we will go to church. Three of the students are sharing 10-minute each messages which they were asked to have ready for such an occasion.
Until later!
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