an update

For all of you have told me to tell Bret and Susie hello, they miss you. They miss everybody. Plese keep Susie in your prayers. She has been VERY sick the past couple of days, and this has made the move even more hard on her. She still smiles when she sees her puppy though!! We are having a naming contest for it sometime this week. If you have any suggestions, let me know. To give you ideas, it has had gum stuck to its head for the past week. Haha.

The past few days has been dedicated to planting trees. Since AMO is expanding, they had to cut down quite a few trees to make more room for thier future buildings. As the law goes in Brazil, if you cut down a tree, so many more have to be planted in its place. So we have had 2 plant over 300 hundred trees by Wednesday. It is madness!! At least it is not sumer here...

On Friday, I made dnner. Those of you who know me know that I DON´T cook. Amazingly, I was able to cook for 10 people and was greatly complimented for it. I made pineapple casserole and Cheesy chicken. And we had cheesecake for dessert. YAY! That was DEFINATELY a prayer answered.

There is only 22 days left until I leave. I don´t want to leave yet. The people here are so awesome and encouraging. The accountability and positive atmosphere is going to hard to part with. They have even joked about stealing my passport so Id have to stay here. They also said that of course they would invite Justin too...Sounds like a plan to me!!

I don´t want to go back to college!! The transition is going to be so difficult! It starts in 27 days!! AHH!!! But I am looking forward to what the future holds for our college ministry. I miss our bible studies...

But I am gaing SOME biblial knowledge here. haha-Since I am currently living with 2 pastors and multiple seminary students, everything is turned into a lesson. And then the lesson is turned into a debate. I just listen and learn. Haha.

And I dare not reveal any of my talents to anyone here. For example, I was singing while I was doing the dishes, and Pete Brennan overheard me. He continued to pressure me until I sang in front of the congregation. I did and it was terrifying. You can ask my mom if I did well or not. She was there : ).

This experience has definately been one of spiritual growth. I am enjoying every minute of growing closer with Christ. Please pray for me as I continue to grow more.

Thanks for your support,

Amber

I´m Sorry!

In case you were wonering, I am officially in Brazil. I know, I haven´t blogged at all. I was having problems logging on at first and couldn´t understand how to get my password due to the portugese directions. Honestly, I didn´t really try to figure it out because I have been extremely apprehensive about blogging. I am not a very good writer, so when I began thinking about how the pblic would be able to read this, it kinda weirded me out. I have realized that it doesn´t matter, people just want to know that I am okay and know what I am doing.

I am okay.

As for what I am doing, the answer is TONZ! We have a weekly schedule:
Monday-property maintenance
Tuesday-seminary in the AM bible study in the PM
Wednesday-construction at favela Glebba B and church there at night
Thursday-property maintenance (AM) church at shakara (PM)
Friday-seminary , property maintenance, then FAMILY TIME!!
Saturday-visit Favelas in Sao Paulo
Sunday-Church at Shakara(AM) visit favelas Monte Cristo & Glebba B in Campinas

This schedule has allowed for me to build relationships with the children. I have become Tia Amber and have grown to absolutely love these kids. I wish I could put pictures on here, but I don´t know how, nor do I have the time to.Brazil is a beautiful country-beautiful smiles, beautiful landscaping, and beautiful people. My stay here had been very comfortable from my bed and showers, to the food and the company. I know I will be back here, the question is just when. Thank you for keeping me in your prayers. I will keep updating. I know I am only here for 3 more weeks, but I will.

Thanks for your patience,
Amber