In the past week we...
- Witnessed the U.S. AND Brasil lose in the World Cup :(
- Got to celebrate the 4th of July with Fisk English School (sadly we didn't see any fireworks this year)
- Celebrated the Carneiro No Buraco (Festival of "the lamb in the hole"), a fair in Campo Mourao
- Said good-bye to Jonatus, Govanna, Sondrinhia, and Larissa (as they moved out of the Infant Home and back to their homes). And...Ana (4) was ADOPTED! by a couple who have been trying to adopt for 10 years. What a blessing...please keep this new family in your prayers!
-Helped with the children's program at Jardim Esperanca
-Attended and shared music in the Cohapar church (and then went out to pizza with the WHOLE CHURCH!)
- Spent time at the Miriam Infant Home, playing with the babies, and many other kids
- Visited CCAA English School to talk to some students in our native tongue ;) (and enjoyed dinner with the owners and some of the teachers afterwards)
- Drove to Maringa...TWICE
- Held a welcome party for Thomaz when he arrived in Maringa

In the coming week we will...
- Travel to the Amazon
- Stay malaria-free (please pray for this, as well as other health issues we might encounter)
- Camp in the jungle
- Go spear fishing
- Eat fish, fish, and more FISH! (this will be when Bethany starts to like to eat fish hopefully!)
- Visit and share with a tribe on the Amazon
- See piranhas, crocodiles, pink dolphins, and many crazy insects
- Travel to Curitiba and visit Thomaz's home and church :)

Tomorrow we are flying up to the Amazon, and at this point Amanda and I think that we might be totally out of our minds. It sounds crazy. We hope we don't come into any near-death experiences (Anacondas??? will they be sleeping too, when we're sleeping in the jungle? hopefully! And spiders the size of dinner plates...do they really exist??? I guess we'll find out this week). Please pray for our health and safety. I don't think the internet reaches the Amazon (though I'm sure they're close with this), so we probably won't update again until next Tuesday or Wednesday. However, hopefully Amanda will put up a picture update before we leave tomorrow...

In Christ Jesus,
Bethany