Brazil, Day 3: Road Trip!

Today I woke up at 6:30am, quickly took a cold, refreshing shower, and packed all my stuff. At 7am we were on the road, headed out of Fortaleza. People were already awake and moving for the day, but traffic wasn’t too bad yet.

Shortly after making it out of the city, we stopped at a roadside restaurant for breakfast. I enjoyed eggs and cheese rolled up in a tapioca tortilla wrap thing, and I drank cashew juice for the first time. Mmmm! Read Full Post

Brazil, Day 1: Take-off!

Well, today is the day that I left my United States for Brazil! It’s so CrAzY to think about all that has happened since Jim Leonard first asked me to go. Raise support, buy stuff, learn a couple words in Portuguese.

I was at camp last week, training some of the new staff and saying good-bye to my summer ministry for the last 10 summers. But now the time has come to go to Brazil, and it has been Read Full Post

Two Weeks Until Take-off!

The countdown’s getting lower every day! Two weeks from today I will fly to Brazil, and I just received final approval from Baptist Mid-Missions for my trip!

Over the last few weeks I have been working to get my required immunizations, finalize my flight plans, and organize materials that I will be bringing with me. My visa came in a long time ago, so all required documents for entering the country have been received. Read Full Post

Moving Right Along…

Well, things are moving right along as I prepare for Brazil! My passport took less than three weeks to process and it just arrived in the mail last week.

Today I worked on my visa application, trying to figure out exactly what needs to be done and finally (hopefully) doing it all. I plan to mail it on Monday and within three weeks I should have it in hand as well. Read Full Post