SET ME FREE!!

Some of the SMASH Crew worked Hard on a Thanksgiving presentation/drama of the Song "SET ME FREE" by Casting Crowns. It was really great! Here are a few pics.








How AMAZING God is that has Loved us SO MUCH that HE CHOSE to SET US FREE from the Life we were destined for.... To Die for us.. so that we can LIVE!! AMAZING GRACE!!

My Parents Visiting & Thankgiving

We were so blessed again this year to have my parents come and visit us here in Brasil. Although we were incredibly busy and couldn't really spend a whole lot of time with them, it was nice to have them here. They spent time with Caleb and Mom taught and tutored at the school.

They brought with them 4 Suitcases full of supplies and things for the school! What a Blessing! Our medical supplies have been limited and expiring quickly. Many thanks to the Bible Church of Cabot for the donations that were sent with them.

These pics are from our Staff Thanksgiving dinner. What a great night! We all had wonderful Potluck food and TONS to eat! Then we sat around and worshipped (Thanks, Jonathan!) and shared our many Thanks for the year. It's wonderful to have a group of people that are committed to Praising God for all things.... THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY!!

And... since I have this great picture. I thought now would be a good time to talk about my friend Marie. She is such a great person!! She's very crafty and thoughtful! She is the Mom to 3 of our students, and her husband works with the State Department. She actually stepped in Last Year and worked the ENTIRE year teaching Kindergarten. She's always quick to help out ANYWHERE that is needed!! She and her husband have VOLUNTEERED to "BUS" our SMASH kids to and from SMASH on Friday's too!! (They do not have SMASH aged kids!!) Another example... She baked cookies for the ENTIRE STAFF... like 8 different kinds of cookies (even the HARD ONES!!) and made Christmas plates for us! She's so thoughtful! What a GREAT SERVANT!! I love her dearly! Thanks, Marie!

Our Tuesday Boyz!

Another little thing we do, is on Tuesday nights we have 3 brothers that come over and we work on homework and study for tests. While this sounds all official and everything... and it does help... we usually end up goofing off and playing around after we work.
Then we go get Pizza or something and hang out. Returning them back home around 8:30. It really has been a lot of fun, and we're working on the academic part... and that's coming around.

IN'TENTS' SMASH!!!

We came up with yet another great name and activity for SMASH - well.. Casey came up with it! We had a CAMPOUT one Friday night. We had an AWESOME SMASH Session, and we had one student SAVED!! Hallelujah!! AND... we had many games and lots of food, and great worship around the Campfire. Here are a few pics from SMASH Intents!
Our SMASH Song is on YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfhwBNnzxD8
WHAT a GREAT weekend!!!