Hi everyone!

    The month of June was busy as we spent the weeks within it preparing for our trip. It was a great time of team building, bonding, and getting to know each other better. We covered a lot of ground as we met in each other’s homes. We shared our testimonies, learned about working in the heat safely (it can be a little hotter in Brazil you know), how to resolve conflict successfully, sharing our spiritual gifts, and finding out one another's personality types. It was awesome to find out that out of the six of us we had all 4 personality types represented. The take charge Lion, the detail oriented Beaver, the peacemaking Golden Retriever, and let’s not forget the playful Otter. (100,000 cool points to you if you can guess who is who on the team!) :-) All in all, it was great stuff! I like to think of this time of learning and training as the “theory” part of our trip, preparing us as we get ready to go to the “lab", a.k.a. the Amazon River!

    We also rehearsed the skits we'll be performing while on the river: The Good Samaritan, The Wide and Narrow Gates, and What We Will Need to Pack for Heaven. Ha!, Packing for Heaven, have you ever seen a hearse with a luggage rack?! To say the least, it’s been a busy month, but we feel it has been an encouraging time of fellowship!

    On June 25, 2016 our team worked with Todd and Amy Cox of the CARES team at Colonial Apartments in Greensboro, NC. As part of their monthly community events, we handed out ice cream to the residents. It was a real struggle, not to eat the ice cream that is! It was neat experience in that Colonial Apartments houses people from all over the world, right here in our own back yard.

    THANK YOU so much for your support, both prayerfully and financially. We are still seeking both but we are trusting God to provide as He always does.

    That’s it for now, prayer requests will be coming soon as the time for us to depart draws near! John 15:16: "I chose and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, fruit that will last"!