Chicken Foot and Clean Water

This past weekend we traveled with a team from Ohio to a couple communities by road. Pé de Galinha (or "Chicken Foot") is a community where one of our Brazilian pastors has been working for a few years. Agua Limpa (or Clean Water) is a community where Keith, a fellow missionary, has been working for 2 years. I had never been to either of these places, but was eager to give my new truck a workout.

In addition to the team from Ohio, we took about 10 Brazilians who have been working with the church plants in Pé de Galinha and Agua Limpa. Although it looked like rain the whole way, we never felt a drop. I was thankful because our luggage (and some passengers) where uncovered in the back.

A quick photo-op as we stop to look at some monkeys in the trees overhead.

After arriving at Pé de Galinha and having lunch with some locals, we went out in groups and visited some neighbors, inviting them to the evenings program. Like many of the communities in which we work, the houses were spread out and remote.

Much of our time was spent just sitting around chatting. One topic included was the American presidential race. One of the locals was interested to know who each of us were planning to vote. It seems everybody knows Obama's name, but I've been asked several times "who is that other guy? John somebody?"

Two ladies were baptized at Pé de Galinha. Her husband attended the baptism and was visibly moved, but when asked, he said he wanted to wait for another day to be baptized himself.

Our girls were glad to have some other brazilian kids who went along. Pictured is Mia eating breakfast (crackers, chocolate milk, home-made cheese and corn meal) on a wooden cart.

It was nice to get back out into the interior after being away for so long. It was not without it's challenges though. After two nights with no electricity, running water or bathrooms, we were ready to be back home.