Saturday: (see last week's video) arrival
Sunday: (see video above) church and pitch-in with lots of acai (thanks Lillian!) Pizza with good friends
Monday: (see video above) MMA class, Guadalajara Living Stones, the family with 9 girls
Tuesday: (see Middle Days video) Cajueiro Claro Living Stones, trash dump community outreach, Taco Tuesday and an early celebration of Ana Sofia's birthday
Wednesday: shopping around town and speaking to the English classes at the International school
Thursday: (see Middle Days video) Lagoa de Itaenga Living Stones, Olinda for sightseeing
Friday: (see Last Day video) the beach and the airport. They got home safe on Saturday.
We loved having them here. It meant more than we can say. Thank you to everyone who made it possible
Reads from the Interwebs:
1. Podcast about missionary kids starring missionary kids: important for anyone who is or has missionary kids! Disclaimer: it was hard for me to listen to this...parenting is hard enough without lots of other issues added to it--but we MUST do our best as missionary parents. Many parents from the last generation found this out the hard way. If we are not INTENTIONAL in parenting, and SPECIFIC in addressing the additional issues that come up in being missionaries, we will fail.
2. Ten things to remember on furlough: Six months and our home assignment begins--plan now:)
3. What to expect on furlough: I much prefer the term "home assignment." As the article says: "Our supporters and perhaps friends or family, on the other hand, may have a different idea for our furlough.Um, you’re not gonna use my money to just sit around all year, are you? All those trips you have planned? That costs a lot! My family doesn’t get to just travel around for a year, why should you? You’re going to take some classes, too? Are you going to get a job to help pay for all this?"
4. A long hard article on LGBTQ+ and Christian faithfulness: I felt this deeply.
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