I was just talking to a friend of mine who renewed her Brazilian Passport...and she received a "South American Passport". Reading the news I hear: "Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recently revealed that the South American countries are planning for a common currency as part of the integration of the individual countries into the Union of South American Nations. This integration is patterned after the formation of the European Union, and parallels the plan for the North American Union. The union plan also calls for a regional defense council, apparently the beginning of the imposition of a regional government. This council would resolve regional conflicts, promote military cooperation and allow for the regional coordination of weapons production, much as the military integration of Canada and the U.S. initiates the unification of governments in the North American Countries. They see the move toward the South American Union with its single currency as easily fitting with the European Union and current efforts to establish the North American Union. Once the formation of these major trading blocks is completed, the next step would be the unification of the blocks into a one world government. This one world government is sometimes referred to as the New World Order. The Council on Foreign Relations has openly stated that its intentions are to bring about the surrender of the sovereignty of the national independence of the U.S. with the aim of creating a one world government. The Council, referred to as CFR, has influence in all vital areas of American life and around the world. Members have run or are running the major media outlets including NBC, CBS, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and many other publications. Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/023480.html With our world economy in financial shambles everyone seems to be talking about globalization: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070501faessay86308/benn-steil/the-end-of-national-currency.html As long as we can find a leader who can make it all work, and get Israel & Palestine to be friends it should be good. As long as he is republican. Will you be around to vote? I won't

You can see the above and a few more on my flickr acount.

I made a more complete album with the last leg of our Brazil trip (the part in Rio) on facebook. You can check the album out here.

Well our trip to Brasil is over halfway done and I still haven't posted an update on the blog! We had no flight troubles through our connections and ended up landing in Goiania. Some friends picked us up and took us to Anapolis (300,000) . We spent a night there before catching a bus 8 hours North into the state of Tocantins, where we stayed with friends. They have a Chacara (small farm) about 10k outside of Formoso do Araguaia. While there we helped them with some projects they had going on (ie. building a Chapeu de Palha). The house they were living in was still under construction so it had no electricity and only was partially covered with a roof. We had an awesome time hearing of God's faithfulness to them and their huge family, and even got to visit two Villages on Bananal Island (Worlds largest freshwater island). 

After spending a week with them we returned to Anapolis for a few days where my sister had 4 wisdom teeth removed. After a couple recovery days, we headed to a small town an hour from Anapolis where *** has a school and language training program. That is where we are right now. I helped out putting a new roof on part of the high school, and my sister & Cherie helped painting and cleaning.

We were able to do some fun stuff throughout our stay as well. (climbing waterfalls, swimming, hiking, exploring a cave etc..).

Tuesday we head to Rio before flying home on the 18th of July. Thank you all for your prayers & support!