I am here along with two other girls who are short-termers (as we seem to be called). I am not too fond of the name. But what can ya do. Anyways we all went on a boat trip up the Tapajous River and off on to other tributaries. It was like an 18-hour boat trip to the village. We went along with some of the long-termers and a team of Canadians who are here for 2 weeks. We helped finish a church building. This consisted of finishing the brick pouring the support columns, leveling the floor building a platform and leveling, building trusses, and rafters laying the roof and mixing and pouring the concrete floor inside.
We left with it almost finished. We ran out of concrete but they say one or two more bags and they are finished.
Since I am not busting at the seems with muscles, I helped out in other ways. I did some shoveling of dirt and other jobs. But they had a help clinic too. SO I was able to take a few blood pressures of people and dress a few wounds. I loved it. Brought be back to my nursing school days.
We also had a dentist there with us who saw patient after patient. And pulled tooth after tooth. I kept asking him if the teeth could be saved and he kept explaining no. But I had never seemed so many people who need to have their teeth pulled. And that is not a sound I will forget. Yuck. I can look at gory stuff but there is some thing about teeth that are just not fun for me. But that is why God made us all different right.
I was also able to help out by photographing life, people, and kids, ect. ect.
We held service every night we were there, I think. I was so cool to see the community of people and how we behaved the kids were. I was blown away in the cultural differences of here to Africa. Both remote villages with little outside contact. Yet different.
While on the boat trip I got to hear in what ways ministry is taking place in the Amazon basin and how PAZ is a part of that.
How people have come to the lord how Brazilians are going out and wanting to see the lost, and start churches. I can’t wait to hear more.
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Hey Rebecca!
It is so good to hear from you. I am glad things are going well and you sound rather busy. You didn't mention how the bugs are??? You were worried about that and I've been wondering if they are as pesty as you might have thought? We are doing well and our house is getting over some sickness. I will write again when I have more time. Love ya, Lynn and the Kelly clan
So glad to hear how things are going! we continue to pray for you - - and for the bugs!:) I was excited to hear you'd helped with home schooling -- good experience and you'd be GREAT at it. Miss you. Susan, et al
Go get'em Becca.
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