For the last few days we've been without internet so there's lots to catch up on!
On friday we packed up Pastor John's station wagon and Pastor Paul's truck and headed to Campo Mourao. Jon, Nate, Pastor Joel and Becky went with Paul, and Bethany, Carlos, Ruby and I went with John. It was a beautiful drive through the country side of Brazil. The landscape was so diverse! From one minute to the next it would go from mountains to jungle to plains. Brazil has it all I guess. Here is a picture of Bethany and Ruby at one of the rest stops we went to. It was really beautiful! The building, which had a hotel and restaurant in it, was made to look like a castle.
During the trip we got to hear alot of Ruby's stories about different times during the early years of their ministry in Brazil- she is the most adventurous woman I've ever met! She told us that no journey is complete until there is a little adventure involved... well she was right. About half way into our journey we stopped at a gas station and when we were ready to go, the car wouldn't start! Thankfully there was a mechanic about a half a block away. Carlos had someone from the gas station push the car to the mechanic, and within 15 minutes and for 20 reias (the brazillian dollars) they'd fixed the problem. 
There is no way you'd find a fix so cheap in America! Soon we were on our way again. Apparantly that had not been adventure enough! About 20 kilometers outside of Campo Mourao we ran into more problems. There is a one last big hill to drive up before getting to the city and our poor station wagon just could not make it. The engine died halfway up, and we were standed in the dark on the side of a brazillian highway. While I took control of the situation by taking pictures, the guys checked out the engine and could not find the problem. 
Here's an important lesson: always remember that the Lord provides! Soon the rest of our party drove by, saw us on the side of the road, and stopped to help us. Paul tied our car up to his trailer hitch and pulled us all the way into the town at the top of the hill. This story is getting long...... To sum it all up, we made it safely to the Bible School! It was an exciting night and we were SO thankful to finally be there!
There is no way you'd find a fix so cheap in America! Soon we were on our way again. Apparantly that had not been adventure enough! About 20 kilometers outside of Campo Mourao we ran into more problems. There is a one last big hill to drive up before getting to the city and our poor station wagon just could not make it. The engine died halfway up, and we were standed in the dark on the side of a brazillian highway. While I took control of the situation by taking pictures, the guys checked out the engine and could not find the problem. Here's an important lesson: always remember that the Lord provides! Soon the rest of our party drove by, saw us on the side of the road, and stopped to help us. Paul tied our car up to his trailer hitch and pulled us all the way into the town at the top of the hill. This story is getting long...... To sum it all up, we made it safely to the Bible School! It was an exciting night and we were SO thankful to finally be there!That is enough for this post....I need to go study for Portuguese class with Pastor John!
~Amanda
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