I'm gonna do my best to catch you up on odds and ends here.  We leave on thursday morning to fly to Belém and Castanhal where Al's family lives.  We will be there through the end of August.  This pictures are not necessarily in order, but are some things I thought you might like to see.  Also, many of you have asked about Hava.  She's doing better.  She has 2 new molars and she seems to be much happier now that they are peeking through.  She is still not eating as we would like (not many vegetables that she can stomach), but she sleeps fine and is staying hydrated.  I hope in our next post to put up pictures of our friends (believers and non) for you to pray for.  Here go the short captions of things from here and there over the past month:

Hava passing out baby gifts you sent in her name
Saying goodbye to Machado
Hava and tio Eli in the cabin in the boat on the way back to town
A catholic wedding
Hava in a hammock
A fish
A monkey
Some fruit (jambo)
Eli and Rachel wondering why the electricity keeps going out for the speaker
Al speaking about bearing fruit (sign says: guard your foot as you enter the house of the LORD)
Eli and his buds, Netto and Danilo
Hava and Neto
River orchid
En route to next house
Eli gives his testimony, Rachel translates, Machado gives the teaching of salvation, lady and daughter give their hearts to the LORD

Believing girl we found out was Jewish - she didn't know it
Passing out more baby gifts you sent via Hava
Eli and Rachel doing what we do
Al doing what he does
Hava's first steps to musical stardom
Cutie pie on the beach!
Eli and his bud, Inacio!
Sunrise on the Amazon

Hava and "cousin" Vitor

This was Wednesday night at the same church where we did the musical night (from which we have no pictures :o(...)...They wanted me to come back for their prayer service to sing again - minus my trusty guitarrist who had already gone back stateside. :o(

This is a review of the return to Santana do Ituquí which happened last Friday.  Dad, Al, Josias and another friend went back to do some bible studying with the people.  They had quite an opportunity to minister and will be making frequent trips back, by road and river. This one happens to be by road (in a previous post was our trip via river)- the plant in the beginning is called "Shut the door" - it withers at a touch, but will open again later.