PEDO.... :-)

After breakfast we had a little time to ourselves. A few people went on a run, others went to a little internet cafe and some slept. Then it was lunch time... beans and rice!
We then all gathered and went to the beach to play some soccer. It was awesome to be on the beaches of Brazil and play soccer, even though it wasn´t much. We were able to share the salvation bracelets with some of the members of the team that the eagles girls were coaching. That was pretty awesome. I am not 100% sure, but to me it looked like a few of the girls decided to accept Christ or were very touched by what was shared. After the beach we went back to the hotel. A few decided to play a game of pick up futsal on the court in the hotel. It was a mix of Eagles Brasil and charlotte eagles. It was fun to watch! I have to share this... one of the Brasil girls juggled the ball twice on her foot, twice on her head and followed that by a bicycle kick to score a goal for her team; all this with a defender on her back and the goal behind her! I must say that was simply amazing!
After the game we all showered up and headed off to dinner. We had esfihsas (sp). They are little pizza type things with chicken or pepperoni or cheese on them. They were amazing! Not only that but they had dessert ones. There was a chocolate one and a white chocolate one with coconut sprinkeled on top. After dinner we headed back to the hotel and played signs. That was an awesome bonding experience with the girls. We played it for probably 2 hours!
The next morning we had breakfast at 730 and had to leave by 830. That was a challenge. Breakfast was the eay part but saying goodbye was difficult. Those girls kept saying that they were so blessed by our company, but honestly we sould fight all day as to who was really blessed. Those girls have nothing, some came to this team with 30 cents in their pockets; when I say nothing, that is what I mean! These girls left what they had to come and play for a team who couldnt give them much of anything. They want to play for the Lord, and that is what they are doing. They have nothing and they are playing for the Lord. Those are some of the happiest people I have ever met! We could barely communicate with some of them but because of soccer and the Lord, it was like we became best friends! That was an amazing experience, I can´t even put into words how touched we were by those girls!
Then we left for Goinania. We arrived yesterday around lunchtime met up with Leo, our translator, Jr., his friend, and our driver Caverna... awesome people. We had free time and some of us sat around the pool on the roof at our hotel. Then we had dinner and Jr. and Leo led us in a little worship afterwards. The hotel people are so nice! Bruno and Cinema (sp) are workers here who bring a light to our face when we see them!
This morning we headed off to Project Grow. We had four stations for the kids to rotate too... I think I can speak for everyone but our time there was so much fun. Bekah, Heather and Rachel all shared their testimonies afterwards. The set up there is amazing, it looks like it will be awesome once the project officially starts!
We are now relaxing back at the hotel before we go to the market. After the market we will go to a professional game Goias vs. Internacional.
Please continue to pray for us. God is truly working something in everyones life... all different things! Our gifts that we have are all coming together in different ways to help reach the Brazilian people as best we can! Thank you!