While some were sunnying themselves at the Beach House some 180km from Sao Paulo ..we were out of Touch again at CASA SEMEAR for 2ish Days
On the Saturday we were delayed because we had to wait for TIM in the Beast to transport us to CASA SEMEAR as we were a KOMBI down again We prepared the Arts and Crafts Room for the FINE Coat of Plaster ...a mix of 8 tins of Sand 1 tin of Cement and one bag of Chalk which makes a barge batch to mix and then as the water is picked up it becomes both very sticky and heavy...so we managed to cover the High back wall of the art room..... I was suffering a bit ...sorry to the 2 and half Amigos but recovered ALMOST for the another meal at IBIZI resteranunt followed by a Chocolate Cake in McCafe
On Sunday we started much earlier as we based overnight at the CASA SEMEAR and the had the mix set up about 08.00 before breakfast ..and Gavins arrival at 09.00 we again made up the Fine Mix and found it just as hard as on Saturday ....and this time we did the Side wall and about half of the Low wall above the Courtyard
The wanderers returned anout 16.00hrs and then we were taken back to NOVA ESPERANCA hence BACK TO BLOGosphere...and after 18.00hrs we went to ROBERTS Baptist Church ...all in PORTUGUESE and the Service lasted 2hrs with about a Sermon lasting about 1hr ..some had help from translators .... we were introduced as Scottish Friends of ROBERT to help out at CASA SEMEAR
The some went to CASA PIZZA ..while others stayed behind to eat at NOVA ESPERANCA
Blogging AUF for the NOO .................. Douglas CHEF
So the 'skivers' got some sun down at the beach while the old amigos got plastered...I mean plastering.... back at Casa Semear. Glad the transport difficulties, tho' resolved courtesy of Tim, meant that you amigos had a reasonably civilized start to your Saturday's work. Well done Doug for recovering sufficiently after a gruelling day mixing the sticky stuff to partake of the Ibizi restaurant meal AND Chocolate Cake. Your resilience never fails to amaze me! You always seem to rise to the occasion when there's the prosp[ect of cake around. Glad that the return of the 'wanderers' meant an early break from your Sabbath-breaking work, and provided you with 2 hours of interesting linguistic and cross-cultural worship experience at Robert and Silvana's church. We had a bit of a cross-cultural infant dedication at a packed out morning service today, when Richard and Fe presented young Christian Aaron, along with some 7 of the 10 chosen godparents up on stage with them, during which Richard and Fe accompanied a U-tube clip of a Filipino dedication that involved them all singing a relevant song for the occasion based on Josh 24:15! Iain Morrison, on holiday with the family from his pastoral ministry in Lerwick, also brought greetings, thanks and a word from the Lord based on 1 Cor 3:16 that fitted in well with Sam Gordon's sermon on the name for God found in Ezekiel 48: 35.That was good that you were all introduced to R&S's church. May the Lord refresh each one of you for the final week's work ahead of you, which is what we were asking God to do for you in our pre-service prayer time.Blessings, K
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