Recife Update

My team of 13 (I think..) is nearing the end of our outreach in Recife. In a couple days we'll be headed back to Rio for our final 2 weeks in Brazil. Our time in Recife has flown by. I cannot believe we've already been here 4 weeks.

We've been partnering with the JOCUM Recife base doing lots of different things. I'll do my best to remember all of it..

-Digging out the foundation for a new wall surrounding the base
-Mixing cement and laying the foundation for a brick factory on base
-Digging trenches through the jungle and around other parts of the base to get wiring to the brick factory
-Teaching English to students at the nearby school
-Playing soccer and discipling students in the soccer program at the school (Show De Bola)
-Basic cleaning around the base
-Running a youth group service at a nearby church
-So much more...

The past 4 weeks here have been drastically different than our first 2 weeks in Rio. In Rio we were doing street preaching and programs at local schools. In Recife we've been working hard doing lots of physical labor. It's cool that we get the opportunity to try a little bit of everything during our time in Brazil.

The JOCUM base in Recife has so many awesome things going on! It is so cool to practically help them out because they are doing great things. Such an awesome place full of awesome people.

I love my team, more than they probably realize. I am so lucky to have an awesome group of people around me that are always ready to do work and get dirty, and actually enjoy it. I've been enjoying it, and I have my team to thank for that.

These next couple days are the last I'll be with just this smaller team. In Rio all 50-something of us will be back together for the last 2 weeks. And that's gonna be awesome. I can't wait to hear what the rest of our DTS has been doing!