The international school finally feels like it is in full swing. It took a while (like everything does in Brazil) but we finally have all of our English teachers here and the kids planner books finally came back from the printers yesterday. Our two new more than welcomed teachers are Ruth and Paul Jessup.
I can't find a picture of Paul right now. He was sick for a couple days as his body adjusted to the food, so I think he missed the picture times.
Ruth has been helping Lindsay with the 2nd grade and below kids while Paul has been helping Emily with 3rd grade-8th grade. They have already been a huge help and this semester looks like it will go pretty smoothly.
As for our church in Lagoa de Itaenga (Ricardo's church) it has been going really well. We have started the English classes on Sunday afternoons again and we have about 22 in the beginner class, 11 in the 2nd level class and I think around 9 in the advanced 3rd level class. Last semester we were able to get 2 different people from those classes to start coming to church, so this semester we are praying for at least 2 more.
We do a youth outreach every other Saturday night and this year we are going to try to turn every other event into a community outreach. So once a month we will have an outdoor worship service or movie or food event, to try to bring in more people to the church.
I (Jeff) have been bringing a projector to the church and running a powerpoint for the worship service. Having the words for the songs has been helping out tone deaf church a lot. It also helps Lindsay and I remember and understand the songs better. I am not joking about our church being tone deaf either. Lindsay and I feel like we fit right in because we don't have any musical ability. Some people sing the songs too slow and others sing too fast. I have also never seen everybody stay on the same beat when we are clapping.But everybody still worships with all their heart and we love the church.
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