It's been a little over a week since I arrived in Brazil and I'm having fun and doing well!
Traveling down here was surely a trip to remember! We had 4 flights to make it down to Curitiba and some of the connections between flights were a little tight on time and we got to do some running through two of the airports. To add to the craziness my carryon bag was 70 pounds and my friend Jeff also had a crazy heavy bag! We got some good laughs at the security check points when we had to heft up the bags to be checked and unload them so they could inspect all the metal pieces we were carrying. You may be wondering why we didn't check the heavy bags... well, we were each allowed to check two 70 pound bags so we did that and even paid for an extra checked bag. Unfortunately it takes LOTS of heavy gear to build a ropes course so we had to carry on the remaining gear to get it down here. The two of us brought over 500 pounds of gear! Whew... glad I get to come back with much less gear... unless I buy a TON of souvenirs!!
We've been building ropes course elements in Maringa for 5 days now and have gotten SOOOO much done, even with a slight language barrier! I'm amazed at how this gifted crew from Brazil, Latvia, and the USA are pulling together to build the 10th YWAM ropes course! May God be glorified in this place as they are equipped with a ropes course to share God's love with the community around them!
I'm so blessed to be a part of this building team! I'm meeting really great people and am learning a whole lot of new things... Portuguese... climbing... drilling... and so much more!
Wish I could post pictures, but the internet here is really slow. I'll get some up on here when I can.
