Pictures of my life.

    It's been a little while since I've posted anything. This is not because I have nothing to post about, its just sometimes its hard to make the time to post it. Next week I plan on writing an update letter. For now I'll just post a few pics that you can enjoy.

People donate a lot of stuff. So sometimes we have a Bazaar to get rid of it.

Jon and I like to take it easy sometimes.

We are learning to cook.

We're pretty good.

Just enjoying the sunshine.

There are some big creature here.

Atibaia and around

So in the last few days we have been here, I've taken a few pictures of where we live. The town pictures are from the town of Atibaia. We do not live in town but about 5 minutes away. Enjoy and try not to drool on your computer.  

A street in Atibaia

Part of the Garden where we live

A small meat shop in town

Part of the main road on campus

A Beautiful view

The super market we bought our groceries at

  

My home!

Hello everyone! This is my new home in Brazil. Jonathan O'Brien and I made a video of our place. So you can imagine where I live when I tell stories about it. Jonathan is down here doing the same thing as I am. We were roommates at Word of Life last year. So I hope you enjoy!

NYC and Visa

   This week I went to NYC to apply for my visa. This is the first time I've been to the city and been able to just walk around and enjoy it. Jonathan O'brien is going with me to Brazil and we took the train down from his house into the city. Here are some pictures I snapped while we were there. I forgot my good camera so there's not as many as I had hoped and they're not as high quality.

Jon and I checking out Bryant Park

We watched people fall on the ice for a while. It was hilarious.

Central park and the city

Central Park was nice. Also very cold.

We went to the Apple store on 5th Ave. It is all underground.

Tired after a long day.

I could pass as a city man

      So it even though it was only 15 degrees out at the warmest part of the day, we had a pretty good time in the city. I have to go back on the 4th to pick up my visa.

    Great news!!! The plan is I am leaving the country on February 8th. I have all my paperwork that I needed in order to get my visa. So this week I will be headed to the embassy to apply for a visa. Please pray that I will be able to get it easily and quickly. So at this point I'm working hard on school and learning my Portuguese. Please continue to pray for me as I am in the final stages of my departure. I am super excited to leave and start working in Brazil. Also if you are planning on supporting my, please begin sending that in if you haven't. My support is coming in really well, so thanks everyone for your help!

Some of the kids I will be working with

Happy Boxing Day

   This has been a unique Christmas for me. The reason being is that I was sick the entire time. Sunday evening I felt myself coming down with something. On Monday I felt slightly mediocre. Yesterday (Tuesday) I felt like pure death. I laid on the couch and drank tea all day. It was awful. Can you imagine being to sick to eat on one of the best food days of the entire year? However the day did have its perks. Such as the amount of coffee acquired.

    Today (Boxing day) I decided to go for a walk in the woods. It has been snowing for several hours now. So it was quite the winter wonderland.

   Just in case you might have a misconception that I am enjoy this weather, you must know that I was thinking about summer most of the time on my walk. So anyways, I hope everyone has a wonderful boxing day. It has been a good one for me. This is the first year that Boxing day was better the Christmas.

Leaving soon!

     Hello everyone!
      Quick update. I am very close to reaching full support! So if you haven't sent any in and you want to, feel free to! If you have promised support and are wondering when to start sending it, now is the time. I am very excited to see how God will work using your support and how you will be blessed through it.
       Right now I am set to leave for Brazil. I am just waiting on clearance from the FBI in order to apply for my visa. Please pray that I get that paperwork soon! Once I get it, I'll buy my plane ticket and go to the embassy in NY to get my visa. So please pray that it comes soon. I am very excited to leave and this waiting stuff can be really hard sometimes.
-Chris