We worked hard again today, trying to finish the putt-putt course. Everything was on track until Rebecca got sick. She ended up having to stay in the room, by a toilet for half the day - even skipping lunch. Meanwhile, Dave worked hard pouring, shoveling, smoothing, etc. Then, about 2 in the afternoon the concerete mixer broke. They mixed about 2 more batches by hand but the concrete was drying before they could pour the next part. So, they had to halt the work until they see about getting a different one tomorrow. Please pray about this with us. It discouraged Dave greatly as they were on track to finishing the pouring part today.After Rebecca started feeling better, she was able to work on getting things ready for English camp tomorrow. We are expecting around 40 - 60 kids from 8:30 until 4:30! It's pretty intense. I am looking to be thoroughly exhausted afterward. The pastor organizing it is doing a great job.
For dinner, Steve took us to this place called Boca Loca. It is an interesting place, to say the least. Their "burgers" are big enough for 4 people to eat. From the things I could see there was egg, hamburger, hot dog, peas, carrots, corn, cucumbers, onions, potato chips, and some sort of sauce all chopped up and served on a humungous (sp?) bun. Dave and the rest of the group really seemed to like it. I (Rebecca), however, ate 3/4 of mine (that was all I could stomach) and then ordered a regular cheeseburger.
After dinner we rode with the last van full of people and they managed to talk Steve into stopping for some ice cream. Steve misunderstood which one we were asking about, however, and stopped at a smoothie/milkshake/health drink store. Now this was interesting because Steve spoke the most portuguese and I was the one with the second most (with my 4 or so phrases and Spanish!!). It was comical. The girls were cracking up at us. :) Everyone else got milkshakes but I got a pineapple juice mixture or something. Lost in translation...oh, well. Steve promised to take us for ice cream tomorrow night. :) LOL
Prayer requests for today. Please pray for English camp. We have a great opportunity to help minister to the workers (not all are Christians) and the children. Pray for the construction crew. Pray for the cement mixer to either be repaired or that they are able to get a new one. Pray that God's name would be glorified above all else!
Thank you for praying with us. It is amazing to share with the others how many people are praying for them! God bless you all. :)
P.S. Dave is trying to be like Dad Heisinger by finding colorful insects to play with. Repeat after me: Bright colors = poisonous! The Brazilians were worried about Dave playing with this caterpillar because they were sure it was poisonous and would hurt if he touched it. Fortunately, we did not find out if this was true or not. Man and caterpillar went unharmed. :)
Glad to hear you both are enjoying your trip. Sounds like you're working hard but also taking some time to enjoy the area in which you are staying and learning a lot.
ReplyDeleteI'll keep you all in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteBTW, that caterpillar reminded me of a show I watched on the Discovery Channel a few weeks ago. It was about Brazil's deadliest creatures, and one of the features was the "assassin caterpillar".
I can't find any pictures from the show, but I did find info on a family of moths which are highly venomous when in their caterpillar stage ("lonomia", and they're plentiful in Brazil). The death rate from contact is 1.7 percent compared to a death rate of 1.8 percent for those bitten by rattle snakes...only a difference of a tenth of a percent, and the amount of venom caterpillars release is far, far, far less than a rattle snake.
The sting is painful and the venom is an anti-coagulant...the assassin caterpillar, for instance, is the deadliest caterpillar and when stung, victims will bleed out of all their orifices and eyes...it ain't pretty.
Again, I don't know specifically what Dave was playing with, but pics of the caterpillars from the lonomia family did not look quite as colorful and exotic as the one pictured here...the more colorful, the more deadly (generally speaking).