September Sunday Funday

Our weekly vlog: ya get two this week! Yay! The first one we actually made a couple of weeks ago, while we were still making decisions, but now it is finalized, and we are (working towards paying off for the next couple of years from) buying land!

This is officially my parent's favorite video we've ever made:

We had a lovely week, and Caid was able to receive training to become a school chaplain, opening doors to minister any public school in Brazil. This weekend we went to two different birthday parties--which was quite a lot for us. Brazilians go all out--or not at all, it seems. At Living Stones we celebrate birthdays because most of the kids do not get to have a party, as the level of parties is set pretty high (and very costly). I would not be surprised if the two parties we attended each cost a YEARLY minimum wage salary in Brazil (around USD$3,000). We were honored to be able to celebrate with these special people in our life. 

Reads from the Interwebs:

1. Why do you keep going back? " I am going back because I feel like I should, and yet I am not at all going back because I feel like I should because I have lots of people telling me I shouldn’t. I am going back because I feel like I am needed, but I am going back because they don’t need me at all..."

2. Missionary Memes: We've been sent used lingerie and broken happy meal toys before...just sayin. 

3. How to Reach out to Vulnerable Children: "So what does it take to reach out to a 12-year-old on the edges of society? Thankfully, Jesus shows us where to start."

4. The Life Changing Power of Representation: I don't think you get this until you have lived somewhere where you AREN'T represented. Where everywhere you look...you don't see yourself. 

5. What Have you Seen? "When I listen to the things many American Christians think are important, what we "see" on a daily basis, I listen politely but so often I think of my Kenyan sister and wonder, "What she would think?"