Maceio

Maceio 11
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Russ, Val, Jackson, our family, Heather, Tennyson and Diana, Veronica and Ana Carolina all made a trip to the city of Maceio, Alagoas for a Northern Church of Christ Conference. The trip there took 13 long hours (especially for the kids and drivers) on some really bad roads and some freshly paved roads with no lines in the dark and pouring rain. We finally made it to the camp at 11pm just to find another blip in the trip, men and women sleep seperate. What happens to the three couples that brought sheets to share? Well one gets the top and the other gets the bottom. And then all kids get to sleep with mom. So Val and I had all three kids on a few mattresses on the floor. Overall, that wasn't so bad and the kids cooperated. The theme for the week was "Just like Jesus" and everyone enjoyed hearing a few different speakers tell us more. Our group enjoyed the time we had there, got to know each other better, to know other Christians in the Northern part of Brazil and learn more about God. The trip home only took 8 hours and a much better experience, minus one wrong turn that took us only 20 km out of the way. We hope that this will not be the first trip for conferences like this and that next time we can get more people to go. Maybe though we'd fly and not drive..hahaha.