GIANT Mosquito, Bird Boy, Toad vs Roach, Memory Card Bugs, Kevin, and Dug

Have fun with this one! I've got a guy who can talk to birds, a giant toad vs cockroach, a memory card sized beetle, the closest thing I could find to Kevin, and definitely a Dug. Enjoy!

(Above) This is a Mosquito

(Above) Mosquito size reference via USB stick

(Above) "Hello, I am a toad, will you be my dinner?"

(Above) "GASP! You transformed into a huge super bug; this was a trap!"

(Above) "Sadly, I could not see this coming..."

(Above) Another really cool find; this slow moving beetle has pretty big pincers!

(Above) Kevin and Dug...sort of... =)

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Next Time: Girls. Kick. Hard.

A Hundred Wonderful Kids, 1 Awesome Week - Camp

This week is camp time for the kids at PIBAI Church. They wait all year for this. They are excited. And they've come to learn more about Jesus. You might recognize some of these kids from the Futsal Ministry pictures a few weeks ago!

(Above) The power went out one night; GREAT time to take night-time photos!

(Above) Best friends!

(Above) The first night was pretty chill. The kids arrived in different waves so we waited for everyone to get settled in.

(Above) Come morning it was time to get started. Most of the kids brought their bibles for the teaching portions...

(Above) Come on guys, we can play later...

(Above) Man, these kids are all over the place!

(Above) This boy is playing the part of the lion with respect to Daniel chapter 6 from the Bible.

(Above) Kids of different age groups broke off into their own workshop times.

(Above) Sometimes instead of sitting in on a specific workshop, the kids would receive some personalized counseling time.

(Above) I someone kicks this, we are out of power...

(Above) It's so cute when kids pray

(Above) She found that!

(Above) Pastor Oneias, Rosemary, and Juca!

(About) Church leaders prepared a bunch of skits, illustrations, and songs

(Above) Juca doing his thing!

(Above) "Yeah, Jesus sounds good to me..."

(Above) The guy in yellow accepted Jesus into this life...booyah

(Above) What an AMAZING WEEK! ahhhhhhh

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Next Time: Something Cool....tis a Secret for Now!

Sugarloaf Mountain - Brasil

After wrapping up our meeting with Pastor Oliver; plans have been set for some initial missionary-training in 2010! w00t

We have to go back to Atibaia now; but before we do that let's go to a place called Sugarloaf Mountain, or as they call it in Portuguese, Caminho Aereo Pao de Acucar. The view from this place is awesome and you can even see the big Jesus statue from one of its many lookout points.

Enjoy the sights, we've got a bit more work to do in Atibaia and then we're heading out to an entirely new location!

(Above) We are going to the top of that mountain today.

(Above) Ascent via cable car

(Above) Many clouds a-shroud

(Above) Another high resolution panoramic for your viewing!

(Above) A friend: The Cat of Sugarloaf Mountain!

(Above) Beautiful colors from the aged skylight covering the docking station

(Above) Jesus is literally coming out of the clouds! Corcovado, the big Jesus statue is visible from here.

(Above) We are at the top of the summit; so is this guy. Crazy!

(Above) Time to go; hehe toy cars.

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Next Time: Camp! - PIBAI youth gather for a weekend of Jesus and fun