| | BrazilJust got back from Brazil on Sunday. Absolutely loved the trip! It was awesome, encouraging and fulfilling. My only regret is that I couldn't stay the full four weeks. We were in the central part of Brazil, south of the Amazon. Actually most of land in that area is ranch land, the two main crops being cattle and sugarcane. We were building a house for a staff family at Shekinah, New Tribes Missions language school there in Brazil. Here are some pictures that will help me explain what all we did:
This is the jobsite as we were just getting started. The entire house is built out of brick, no framing, no insulation, and most important, no a/c. They had the footers poured when we got there then we filled the foundation with dirt then water it and tamp it down by hand. Then we poured a fairly thin concrete slab.
Whenever we needed dirt or sand we would take the truck down the dirt road until we got to a place where the grader had dumped a pile then just load and go!
The land looked more like Texas than Brazil to me! Except of course for the macaws, toucans, anteaters and monkeys...
This was a cultural excerise that the staff put on the for the students. They portrayed a tribal people and the students had to learn the language and culture, who was related to who and what that meant in that culture.
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| | Posted 7/4/2007 10:50 AM - 12 comments
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ttyl Eric 
God's blessing to ya Eric!
