We are in Brazil! Brazil is very beautiful and full of life, and people! We had a slight miscommunication regarding our flight info; I told everyone that we were getting in on the 5th of May when really we got in on the 6th. Oops. God worked it out though, as we managed to find an internet café where we were able to facebook one of the team members, who relayed the message to one of the Brazilian leaders. Praise the Lord. It would have been a long night otherwise. So for anyone who is still opposed to face book, this is further evidence to convince you that it is good, if 
you use it wisely.
Arriving in Brazil, we were driven to our host home by a young man named Nato. (Yes some of the names are hard to pronounce but we are doing alright.) Out host family is awesome! They are a family of four, Sandro (the father), and Tasi (the mother), and their two children, Alice (10) and Daniel (6), plus the puppy, Niki. After spending a short night at our host home we were off to meet the rest of the team. There are about thirty of us in the group from all over the world, Canada, U.S.A, Denmark, Sweden, Australia, Mexico, England, Scotland and Brazil. A very great and diverse group of people Barbie and I are really excited to get to know everyone.
Then main struggle we face is the language barrier. I was under the impression that most people would have a bit of English because it was required in school, but so far this seems untrue. There are enough people on out team that can speak English and Portuguese that we can for the most part have a translator.
Barbie and I are really excited to have this time with Shane, Aaron, Kendra and Bill who is the leader of GX international, to see exactly what our roles will be in launching a GX Canada. At this
point things are looking different then I initially thought they would. For me I thought that I would probably do some skateboarding if there was a need for it and as it turns out I am the only one who is a skateboarder on the team. So now I will be doing all of it ha-ha. This however opens up some doors to do some recruiting with in the city and tapping into some of the other skate ministries that are around.
Barbie and I are really excited to journey with everyone during this time and we will try and keep everyone up to speed with what is happening and when we have prayer needs. We will also be including pictures and lots of them as we were blessed with an amazing camera by an amazing friend and man of God.
Thank you so much for your continued support.
Blessings.
you use it wisely.Arriving in Brazil, we were driven to our host home by a young man named Nato. (Yes some of the names are hard to pronounce but we are doing alright.) Out host family is awesome! They are a family of four, Sandro (the father), and Tasi (the mother), and their two children, Alice (10) and Daniel (6), plus the puppy, Niki. After spending a short night at our host home we were off to meet the rest of the team. There are about thirty of us in the group from all over the world, Canada, U.S.A, Denmark, Sweden, Australia, Mexico, England, Scotland and Brazil. A very great and diverse group of people Barbie and I are really excited to get to know everyone.
Then main struggle we face is the language barrier. I was under the impression that most people would have a bit of English because it was required in school, but so far this seems untrue. There are enough people on out team that can speak English and Portuguese that we can for the most part have a translator.
Barbie and I are really excited to have this time with Shane, Aaron, Kendra and Bill who is the leader of GX international, to see exactly what our roles will be in launching a GX Canada. At this
point things are looking different then I initially thought they would. For me I thought that I would probably do some skateboarding if there was a need for it and as it turns out I am the only one who is a skateboarder on the team. So now I will be doing all of it ha-ha. This however opens up some doors to do some recruiting with in the city and tapping into some of the other skate ministries that are around.Barbie and I are really excited to journey with everyone during this time and we will try and keep everyone up to speed with what is happening and when we have prayer needs. We will also be including pictures and lots of them as we were blessed with an amazing camera by an amazing friend and man of God.
Thank you so much for your continued support.
Blessings.
