Teaching missionaries' children in Brazil

Dear Friends at Northwest,

Mid-winter in the USA. As a kid, I remember continually hoping for enough snow to get out of school and to do something with—sledding, ice skating, or making hard snow balls. By the sounds of things, I was born too early—the best snows are happening now—without me. But on the upside of things, we do live in the land of perpetual summer—swimming, fishing, and not owning a coat. I suppose that it's just a case of “there’s always more and better snow where you're not.”

The past semester has been pretty normal. Besides learning about English and History, most of the students were even allowed to learn about mathematics. But they've also experienced cleaning out a septic tank, 
4 cases of malaria, a fishing derby for the little kids, putting on a play, a soggy overnight camping trip, 
and 2 days of races, games, and field events. One high school boy was even able to catch 3 beautiful two foot long peacock bass.

But more important than their studies and extracurricular activities is our goal to encourage them in their love for the Lord and to live their lives to glorify Him. But as we watch from afar as Max and Kip are making their decisions, we're realizing more and more that we can only do so much. After that, we can only pray and wait on the Lord.

Please praise the Lord with us for…