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Empty Nest From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (822 days old)

The guys are gone. It’s very quiet around here. My house is clean. No dirty clothes are strewn about anywhere or books left behind in the living room or piles of cups in the sink. Sorry, I don’t m… more

Day 24 ( Final Day) From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (825 days old)

Jack Today is our final entry. We went to church this morning and went through a grueling Sunday school with the adults. We had to go with them because they are starting to put a ceiling in the res… more

Day 23 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (827 days old)

Tom Looks like I’m batting leadoff tonight.Today was our last work day. We laid our brushes down at 4:30 for the last time. Then we gave Junior his gift, a Barcelona soccer shirt with his favorite… more

Day 22 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (829 days old)

Jack Today was a good day. We got a lot done on the cafeteria. We now have all of the walls painted with at least one coat of paint and most of them have two. After work today we played basket ba… more

Day 21 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (830 days old)

Jack Today is going to be a really long entry. I got on first so that I could get to the good stuff. Today was a vacation day for us. This morning we went on a boat trip to a new church on th… more

Day 20 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (831 days old)

Jack Whoo-hoo. Today we got most of the inside of the cafeteria painted. We got up and had a regular breakfast and got right to work. We got three walls and part of a forth done before the day w… more

Day 19 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (832 days old)

Jeremy Today was a normal Sunday we slept in a little bit. Then we went to church and had Sunday school (which is how they do their church services in the Church) in the little children’s classroom … more

Day 17 & 18 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (833 days old)

Jack Friday was a great day. We worked in the morning and took the afternoon off to prepare for the youth that would be coming. Jeremy and I shared our testimonies with the youth and a few of the o… more

Day 15 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (835 days old)

Jack Today was a good day. We worked on the cafeteria this morning. We only have one more wall to paint and then we just have to do little stuff before we can move to the inside. Portuguese class w… more

Day 14 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (836 days old)

Tom’s up first tonight. Now that I KNOW SOMEBODY’S reading this thing I think I’ll write more. I just finished my Port homework. The rest of the crew is playing Uno so I thought I’d make a f… more

Days 12 +13 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (837 days old)

Jeremy We have not written for a while. On Saturday Night we had a blast with the youth group, we played hook tag, the lesson was great. It was about people that we need to be modeling. We sang songs… more

Day 11 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (839 days old)

Jeremy This morning was awesome. In the morning we had kids club which was a lot of fun. We got to sing songs with the kids and then we had a lesson on Jesus’ ascension and on how Jesus wanted his di… more

Day 10 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (839 days old)

Jack Today was the beginning of what looks to be a long series of water fights/pranks. Junior threw water on us this morning when Jeremy and I were washing the brushes. So I came up with a master pla… more

Day 9 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (842 days old)

Jeremy Today was an exciting day. I got up around 6:15 and I went and ate breakfast and took a shower. Then we started work Jack and I worked all day out in the sun on the back of Debbie’s house, it … more

Day 8 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (842 days old)

Jeremy on behalf of the rest of the team Today was another wonderful day. In the morning the entire CBA team got together for a time of prayer and talking. After that we went and started working and … more

Day 7 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (843 days old)

Jeremy on behalf of the rest of the team Today was another wonderful day. In the morning the entire CBA team got together for a time of prayer and talking. After that we went and started working and … more

From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (844 days old)

Jeremy Today was a pretty normal day. I got a good night sleep last night because the campus is deserted except for us, Martinho and his wife and Pastor Luíz’s family. I appreciated it deeply. I got… more

Day 6 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (845 days old)

Jeremy Today was a very exciting day. We woke up very very early this morning because the kids were so excited that they just had to set off fireworks. Fireworks that didn’t go up in the air and mak… more

days 4 + 5 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (846 days old)

Jack on behalf of the rest of the team I’m the only one writing today (Sunday) because Tom and Jeremy are at the closing ceremony for the Jet Cadets (the people using the campus). Today we went to ch… more

Day 3 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (848 days old)

Tom here.5pm.waiting for JER to start supper .Another great day here at CBA. Painted all day with Junior, no rain yet today. We need a day without rain so things can dry up around here. 240 campers an… more

From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (849 days old)

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Days 1+2 From jacktomjeremy in Brazil 07 (849 days old)

The flight here was very long and trying since we had very long layovers. We had an eight hour layover in Miami and a ten hour layover in São Paulo. We got very little sleep and managed to survive on… more