Rio Branco, Brazil

April 1st 2009
Anthony, Jessica, Rebekah, Aaron, Josiah, and Esther flew to Brazil to help Stephen Doolittle in Rio Branco.

On the 3rd as many folks as could fit in the combie started off for the Colonies to clean up the church property.

After a 3 hour drive we arrived at Brother Ely's home. He is one of the main church leaders and a farmer.  We stayed with their family while we worked on the church.

Standing left to right
Esther, Hannah, Vera (Ely's eldest daughter),
Rebekah, Marrilani(Ely's youngest daughter), and Jessica

The Church at Guajara
{Before we started working on it}

We cleaned up the church property.

Chopping down trees...

and hauling them away

weedeating

Friday evening we showed the film Flywheel in Portuguese. By the time the film was done the building was completely full of people!

{After we finished on Saturday}

Saturday afternoon we had a church service.
This is Brother Ely and his family that hosted us in their house.

singing specials

Steven has been in Brazil since 1995 and is a 2nd generation missionary.
Steven's Blog, Website, and Mission Board.