Sorry this is out of order. Received it in my e-mail from Becky:
300 people have received eye exams. The second day of Bible school went well-and the children were very excited to be back. They wanted to know if we were going to have "snake sandwiches" again (they had gummy worms yesterday).
Construction begins tomorrow.
We learned today that we had made a cultural 'faux pas' by having the children sit on the floor. Brazilian mothers do not let their children sit on the floor...and I wondered why they hesitated so long to sit down during Bible school!
The men staged a late night pizza feed last night....apparently there was some bartering going on and one of the guys (I think it might have been Brad) made the pizza-if someone would do his breakfast dishes. As I overheard Trevor tell one of the Brazlian teens-"the pansy girls just go to bed" Tonight there is no frozen pizza so I believe they will turn in early.
We can tell you are praying.
Becky
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I lived in Brazil 10 years and have co-led over 20 teams to CHAIN of Love but never heard that Brazilian children don't sit on the floor. Maybe they had good clothes on and the mothers didn't want them to get dirty. I don't think this is a no-no in Brazil. If it is, it is something new. - Ardath Effa
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