ALIEN ABDUCTION!!

One Sunday night, we participated.... ok... we LED... an ALIEN ABDUCTION!!
(Foreign Alien, that is!)



We gathered up 2 of our boys who were DYING to get out of the house... and since we didn't have any FORMAL Plans...



we just made it up as we went!



We kidnapped 2 students and 1 teacher!



Then... some folks got thrown in the lake...

and some other "General" Mischief!
It was SO MUCH FUN!!!

Who said entertainment had to COST something!!! :)

Happy Birthday Melinda

The Staff had a fun time celebrating Melinda's birthday. We went to a Brazilian Pizza place.
It's good... it's different... but it's good!
Here are a few pics from the night!!
We sang Happy Birthday REALLY REALLY LOUD in ENGLISH!!!
That's ALWAYS good for turning heads!! :)

Children's Day!

What a FUN and WONDERFUL Day!!

Here are a few pics. Children's Day is a Brazilian holiday.


The entire month of October is devoted to kids!! AND... our school always has a Children's Day event. It's like a Carnival type event and each class is responsible for setting up and running a game.

It's always so much fun!!

Addresses & Support Information

I thought I would post our New Addresses here in case you need them!!

By the way.... You just don't know what an AMAZING BLESSING a Card or Package from home is!!! It REFRESHES THE SOUL!

Now that we are in the Apartment, we have full confidence in our mail system here. So you may send things to our home address.

HOME:
SQS 109 Bloco D Apt #108
Brasilia, DF 70372-040
Brasil (you can spell it with a Z or a S. They spell it with a S... but doesn't really matter.)


Brasília International School:
SGAS 914 Conjunto C Lotes 67/68 Brasília, DF 70390-140
Brasil
Phone: (55) (61) 3346-1200
Website: www.bischool.com.br There are a few pics of us in the PHOTOS section! :)

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If you would like to support us financially please visit www.nics.org ... You can donate Securely Online. Select Missionary Projects, and our name is there.
Or you can call them at 1-800-887-6427, ask for Marie. Or you can mail them a check. They even have a Monthly Automatic draft option.

Please always refer to our PROJECT NUMBER #001909, not our names (on checks).

NICS ADDRESS:
Network of International Christian Schools
3790 Goodman Rd E
Southaven, MS 38672

Ahhh... the RAIN!! the Science Lab ...and our new Look!... :)

AHHHHHHH................... RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~DRY SEASON~
About 3 weeks ago, we had a short little shower that didn't do much off anything... and it was the FIRST RAIN in over 100 days!! Such is life, here in MIDDLE Brasil! We have 2 main seasons... Rainy and Dry! Dry season runs from May to September, give or take.... and it's very similar to the American Winter... in that... everything dies. Many of the trees lose their leaves, the grass dies, and everything gets very brown.... **IN FACT: The Humidity levels drop even lower than the AVERAGE humidity of the SAHARA DESERT!! NOT A GOOD THING!! The lowest we got to in September was a Humidity of 11%... the Sahara averages 25%!! This is a Pic of Caleb and his buddy, Nana!! But.. you can see how dead everything is.

Last week, we got some BIG WIND GUSTS that brought a few sprinkles. I think all the rain evaporated on the way down... The wind was gusting like crazy, blew EVERYTHING HARD... but only a few sprinkles.

~FIRST RAIN~
WELL... that was until Wednesday!!!! OUR FIRST BIG FULL OUT POURING RAIN! Around here, when rainy season starts, the rain is HEAVY and FAST... and always causes Flooding of the streets making them impassable... I have attached a pic from last year to show how bad it can get... The good thing is that it passes quickly. This is a MAJOR Road... and it was impassable!

Wednesday we got a GREAT RAIN! BUT... it was also our first rain in the new building... Unfortunately.. you just NEVER QUITE KNOW what will happen. AND SO.. we had some issues! Amanda's (Caleb's Kindergarten teacher) room flooded!!! But really... all in all.. .compared with the leaking and flooding that happened in the OLD PLACE... we 'weathered' the storm just fine! It is SO INCREDIBLY NICE to have covered walkways between the buildings. So many times we had to RUN through the mud to get to the other building. BIG BLESSINGS HERE!!

~SCIENCE LAB!~
My Science Lab is coming right along... they started on my Lab tables about 2 weeks ago. So everyday, I have 2 additional students... They aren't too loud with the Mortaring... I can't WAIT until it's finished!!! I will have 4 tables built up on Concrete and Tiled... and my Teacher Demo Lab Table at the front... YEAH! Then the other side of the room is what I use for Instruction time.

~NEW LOOK~
Chris and I both have a NEW LOOK! Chris has shaved off his Goatee except for the chin part... and he has grown his side burns down. It looks so great! He looks very "Trendy!" ... I'm thinking he fits the part for a YOUTH MINISTER!!! :)
I went for the first time to get my hair highlighted here. It's cheaper than doing it in the US... and the Gray was getting BAD! So... I busted out there... using all the Portuguses I could get together... and I did really good!!! WE DID HAVE A PRETTY BIG "COLOR" issue (with the language)... and my hair is lighter than I would have chosen... but it's cute! So all is well!! Here are a few pics.. Hope you can see the difference...

THANKS SO MUCH for reading this... and keeping up with us! I will try to post more often about things that are happening around here!

Much Love,
Beverly