Meet the Readers

I decided to start a blog to let the whole wide world know about what's going on during our mission trip to Recife, Brazil. Actually, I saw that Kensey did that, and I decided to steal her idea. You can see her fancy picture-y blog at kenseylynne.blogspot.com. I don't have pictures yet, but you'll see them once I take some.

We've been here for about two days now, and we're just getting settled in.

Yesterday (I think!), Randy and Kathy Short, the missionaries hosting us here, picked us up at the Recife airport. Our flights were all good, and we and our belongings were all in tact. Also with them was Danny, an American (from Nashville, even) with whom William and I are staying, and Christina, a native Brazilian hosting the girls. I was kind of hoping to stay with a Portuguese speaker before we got here, but after meeting Danny, I don't think we could ask for a better host! We spent the rest of the day resting and getting introduced to life in Brazil.

Earlier today, Randy took us on a short (Short?) tour of the city. We went to a national park with a great view of Recife. It really gave us a good idea how big the city is; 4 million people live here! Unfortunately, we don't have time to take a million readers each, but we'll do what we can.

Then we had our information sessions. We met the readers and told them about the program. They signed up for their first reading sessions. As of now, we have about 60 readers among the four of us! Some of them are almost fluent in English; others struggle to make sentences. Luckily, God speaks Portuguese. He knows what they need from us, and He'll provide it for them. One-on-one reading sessions begin tomorrow. I'll let you know how they are!

We're very excited to get started working with our new friends. I'll try to post updates as often as I can. Please pray for us as we begin reading tomorrow!