The Mission Trip

I left for Brazil on August 4th with a group from church and we had two weeks of ministry planned in 3 different areas on the country. We started at an orphanage in Lar Betel, which is near the capital of Brasilia (about a 3 hour drive). It is really a well maintained orphanage. Everyone is clean, well dressed and well fed. Apparently they receive lots of support from international organizations. The children were all wonderful and clearly use to international visitors. They are out in the country and have plenty of space to play.
After that we went back to the city of Luziania, which is near Brasilia. We did a few half day Bible Schools in different locations. Churches, basketball courts, assemble halls etc. The local Church of Christ, under Pastor David Sanders set the visits up for us, and it was a very hectic 3 days going from one place to another.
Then we got on a plane and flew to Recife, which is on the north east coast. We visited what used to be an orphanage...over the last year they lost the funding to keep children there full time and now they are sort of an after school program for poor or homeless children. These children were my favorite though. They would sit me down and teach me Portuguese (I have been working on it, but I default to Spanish so often. I can't figure out whether Spanish is helping me or hurting me.)