butterflies, ballots and more

This past week has found us running in many different directions. Here are a few of the activities that have been occupying some of our time...

Starting on a serious note, a week or so ago a man who was visiting on a team from Canada was in a serious motorcycle accident. He suffered several broken bones and is still recuperating in a hospital here in Altamira. His team was here visiting our missionaries at our other base in Porto de Moz, so we didn't know him. The team he came with has since left and several of the missionaries have been helping to stay with him in the hospital (and translate when needed). Brin has been using her nursing experience and has spent several hours at his bedside.

Dan has been recovering nicely, but still needs surgery on his broken jaw. The family has been trying to get him evacuated to Canada, but the insurance company has been dragging it's feet. Please pray that he will be evacuated soon, if not, his wife will be coming to help out (for probably another 2 weeks in the hospital).


The bar-b-que pit at the training center.

This past weekend we had a celebration with all of our Altamira churches commemorating 10 years of work here. A couple hundred people stayed overnight at the training center and we butchered 2 cows. The service was a powerful time of agknowledging God's hand in the work here. I didn't get too many pictures, but you can see more on Bud's blog.


Last night a group of us missionaries got together and watched the election results (pictured above). We finally turned in around 11:30 when OH was called for Obama and it looked to be mostly over. It's interesting to watch politics from abroad, especially the attention that so many here give to American politics.

Brin voting by absentee ballot

Ending on a lighter note, one of the girls caught a butterfly and they had fun trying to get it to cooperate for a photo shoot...