FINALLY!!!!

i just wanted to let you all know that i am finally in brazil!!! i had a long trip(33 or so hours) and i am completely exhausted..

my flight out of new york was cancelled, so i had to get a later flight to miami. that flight was late, so i didnt make my flight from miami to manaus. i had to get a flight south to sao paulo which was an 8 hour flight(overnight) then go straight to my flight back up 4 hours to manaus(the longest flight i have ever had!!), which was 2 hours late! customs went smoothly, and i didnt have any problems with any of my luggage. so praise God for that!!

i am now at ryan and rachels house, which is pretty nice for the location. you can definately tell its a third world country. its really run down and kinda 'dirty', but not as much as i thought it would be. i have pictures of a ton of things, but ill post them at a later date.

please continue to pray for me as i recuperate from lack of sleep, food, and energy. as soon as i got here the kids really wanted to play, so im going about 40 hours with only 6-7 hours of sleep.

also, rachel has a doctors appt tomorrow, so we are all praying it goes well. she is on hold to get the surgery for a couple weeks, awaiting approval.

thanks for all your prayers and thoughts. i will update again as soon as i can, but until then, seek God and He will be with you!

I give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.