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River Trip Memories

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These photos describe part of our river trip.
The canoe ride in to our friend’s buffalo ranch for breakfast one morning is a great memory. They brought out kilos of cheese made from buffalo milk and were so grateful for our visit…talk about a royal welcome. These people still use a treadle sewing machine.
Another great memory is when Clenildo canoed in up some creek to where they were making farinha and tapioca. He bought about 30 kilos. It was still warm from the oven. He also had a bunch of abacaba fruit, which is similar to açai. It is a VERY special drink, abacaba and farinha, with no sugar (there was none on the boat we took home the last day.)

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River Trip

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Here are some photos of life on an Amazon River boat.
The Xingu River is a tributary of the Amazon. We spent a day in Porto de Moz, and four days on the boat together. The fifth day I boarded another boat with the Campos family that needed to be brought to Vitoria, the river port town for Altamira.
The boat is 20m long and two stories. With only around 30 people on board it felt very spacious. We sleep on hammocks, bath in the river, and Daisy cooked up delicious meals. For breakfast we bought clay oven baked bread in Porto de Moz. We held services in two river villages. I am sure that was good, but for me the real value of the trip was the unrushed time to hang out together, telling stories, sharing dreams, puzzling through life’s challenges and sometimes just sitting quietly together. Thank you, everyone who came, for taking the time to deepen our friendships in this way.

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Altamira Summary

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My time in Altamira far exceeded my expectations. Highlights include:
1. Spending quality time with Clenildo and Angelita and their family as I stayed at their home.
2. Getting to know Rich Nathan better, and spending time with Craig and Linda.
3. Time to slow down and visit and eat and pray with all those who went on the boat trip for 5 days.
4. Renewing friendships in Ariruá.
5. The various board meetings and leadership meetings all went well.
6. Spending quality time with Steve and Elba as I stayed at their home.
7. Long talks with all the missionaries about a variety of subjects as we all seek God about how to move forward together as well as possible.

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Altamira Training Center

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Clenildo drove me out for a quick trip to the Altamira Training Center, what we used to call “The Ranch.” Steve and him each have two sows and a boar out there, and they are producing well. Clenildo likes the fact that it is now easy to have a feast. All you need is the occasion, and those are easy to think up.
The churches in Altamira have a kind of Conference Center or Camp here that is used almost every week-end and many week days. There are dorms, bathrooms, a large kitchen / mess hall area and a meeting hall. Plus, of course, a soccer field.

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Bus Ride to Altamira

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The bus ride from Marabá to Altamira on Friday took about 12 hours. Here are some photos I took along the way.
1. A trucker has a siesta.
2. A bus driver has a siesta.
3. The inside of our bus.
4. A poodle in Pacajá.
5. 38 degrees C, 100.4 degrees F in Anapú, around 3:30 p.m.
6. Crossing the Xingu River

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Life in Marabá

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Here are a few photos of life on the chacará here in Marabá:

1. Ivanildo and Marcos race against each other on family day.
2. The soccer teams are still going strong.
3. Mangos on the ground by our soccer field.
4. Ivanildo and Zezym paint the church floor.
5. Last February two noni fruit trees for my birthday. They have fruit!

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