Life in Brazil: it's been a busy week.........

but it's been good........very good.

Last weekend we had our favela Christmas party with around 50 students in attendance. Despite the rainy weather the kids had a good time playing group games, visiting, eating and some even won a few prizes. Here take a look.....

Next up.....the reward store....

...and here we are in Ilha Bela ready for business.....

decisions.....

decisions........

decisions.......

Vila Esperança store.....open....and ready for customers....

Help.....I can't make a decision.....I want everything.....

I am so proud of this girl......Gabi is one of our new students and is doing so well that she puts some of our older students to shame. Her mother has started attending our church...please be in prayer for them.

The reward store in a word was a......success. Everyone enjoyed and when I asked the students if they liked it everyone resounded with an enthusiastic "YES!!" Some even went as far as to say they loved it. It was neat to watch the students spend their points not just on themselves but also on gifts for their siblings or parents.

This was my first year having the whole of responsibility for this ministry and I have felt it. It has not been easy doing this alone...yet it has been a very positive year. Menezes and I have been talking during these past few months and we are both of the consensus that we want to change and reform some aspects of the classes. This is not to say that what we are doing is broken....it's just that after some observation I would like to improve upon what is currently being done. I would ask for your continued prayers for this ministry as we consider the direction God would like us to take us. Also I would like to say that without you what we have been doing simply would not be realized...so from all of us here in Brazil......