Elijah and Esther

Today we had our first Portuguese lesson with Joelsila, an older Brazilian woman. Esther wasn't feeling well (flu-like) so she will hopefully participate on Wednesday and Friday when we meet again. We're not sure what Esther is sick with but her Daddy has her on Olive Leaf Extract so she'll certainly be well soon. Hopefully it's nothing related to a mosquito bite, although she has counted over 60 bites on herself in the 1st several days. A few men in the church are going to come and put screens on the windows for us. She has also been surprised with all the places where the ants come marching into our apartment.
We sure miss Chloe and Hannah so much! Elijah has taken up the slack as Mr. Stand-Up comedian and has us belly laughing several times a day. After being here in northern Brazil for only a week, Elijah concluded, "The United States really is like heaven, but the people here are great!" The people are fairly poor but we were very warmly received by the Christians yesterday at church. The young men promised to teach Elijah soccer if he will teach them American football. Yes, he even packed a football in his trunk!
We praise God for some good memories for Elijah and Esther in Brazil.

Hugs,
Daniel & Melissa