Tuesday Update

If there were a theme to this update, I suppose it would be "wonderful". The team is wonderful. The Tims are wonderful. Brazil, I hear, is wonderful this time of year. (-:

The group loved traveling up river yesterday morning; The trip was slow, peaceful and full of the beauty only found on the Amazon. I must say, I eagerly anticipate seeing the pictures upon their return (I'll be sure to share a few with you!).

They set up base camp yesterday and plunged into the river for their evening shower. Last night, some slept in their hammocks on the land and some of the group slept on the boat, where it was a bit cooler (temperatures are hitting 90-95 degrees during the day and I'm sure the humidity level can't even be imagined).

Today they're building a dock, installing windows and finishing up church buildings that have been started by Brazilian pastors and other mission teams that have gone down. Their hands are definitely needed to continue the construction; the Brazilian pastors struggle because the churches are growing but there's just no money for building construction.

All in all, the group is doing wonderfully well. This brings me great joy and I hope it does you as well.
Photo courtesy of Project Amazon