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My Pics from Brazil!

I hope I can remember how to do this!
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Praying for this sweet baby with leukemia

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Sis. A. getting her own private pedicure

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Pretty common sight in Maceio

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Michael Alvear's nice church - in a pretty rough area

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Some sweet saints who welcomed me into their home

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Another precious church lady

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Beautiful people!

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Another one of the many churches that the Alvears have in their city

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Very sad part of the city - open sewage

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These parts made me cry - so little hope!

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Children in the poorest part of town

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Beautiful child surrounded by garbage

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Great Pictures, reminds me of India.

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Little boy in a dumpster

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Downtown by the beach - beautiful area. A city of great contrasts!

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They have a Statue of Liberty in Brazil!!

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Joel - one of the Alvear's beautiful grandkids

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This is my dish of Feijoada! It's the Brazilian national dish. I'd been wanting to eat it all week, and a sweet lady cooked it one night.

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The cook!! Her name is Fatima, I think.

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Eating at a nice Brazilian steakhouse. We ate WAY too much!!

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Some little girls playing in the church yard

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The main church - notice the banner!!

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Part of the beautiful compound that God has supplied for the Alvears

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Sis. A. dancing (not really!). She was crawling out of the backseat of a 2 door car. I don't think I could have gotten in and out of there!

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Ready for church in my African dress. I felt the Lord leading me to share about Africa.

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Blowing the shofar!

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A surprise presentation for me about our work in Kenya and here in Jackson. Bro. A. sang during the slide show and I cried like a baby! It was the sweetest thing anyone had ever done for me.

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Bro. Alvear singing - so beautiful!

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Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures. We can really get a feel for the variety of what you experienced!

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Just lovin' the people!

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Everyone loves to hug and kiss!

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The absolute strangest pizza I'd ever had - but it was great! It had chicken, English peas and corn on it!!

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Kelvin (Fatima's son), Michael & Marcella Alvear

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Ednei and Dirlei Alvear

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A special treat - I got the see the Hebrew scroll that MOW gave to them! It was amazing.

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I know no other person that could have blessed Ednei and Dirlei (adopted sons) LIKE SHERRY DID by feeling led of the LORD to tell them about Eddie´s dad...I KNOW THEY TOO HAVE HAD PERSONAL STRUGGLES OF THE WHYS...
We were amazed that Sherri would leave the most exciting part of her trip with the group she came to Brazil with and fly up here to visit 2 days with us. Her group went sightseeing to some of the most beautiful sights of BRAZIL after ministering for days to over 300 missionaries in far south BRAZIL.

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Beautiful pictures!

Sherri, you are just glowing!

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How you have blessed my soul with these pictures - feel like family I've never met !!!! and the children, oh my. All of them, beautiful in their poverty-stricken environment. Makes my "shoebox ministry" all the more important to me!!!!

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Loved seeing the pictures! It made me feel like I was right there with you enjoying the Alvear family and ministry. Our God is a great God!

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Thanks Sherri! Great pictures.

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Thank you for sharing Sherri. Beautiful pictures.

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Sherri seeing your name on this banner touches my heart, and there I go again crying!

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Sherri seeing your name on this banner touches my heart, and there I go again crying!

It was very exciting when we drove up late Thursday night and there was my name in big letters!! In Africa, it's always Eddie's name. LOL!

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like I said we were just honored that Sherri would take off from her group and run up here to see us...

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It is always our pleasure to show what God has done...

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This is one of the greatest things about AFF, IMO...that is the sharing of part of member's lives as they are used of the Lord! I am always blessed by the sharing no matter where it is from!!

Thanks again, Sherri!

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Enjoyed all of the pictures.
Thanks for sharing. It allows all of us to be part of it too.

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Originally Posted by ManOfWord (Post 833720)

this is why I joined AFF - so I could see what's happening outside "my corner of the world"!!! Love looking at the missionary posts!