Ballet no Center Vale!!

Oi!

Para quem mora em São José ou perto, vou estar dançando junto com minhas colegas la no shopping Center Vale hoje a noite, e depois mas duas vezes em dezembro!

As datas são:

28 de Novembro 

13 de Dezembro

E o horario é as 19:30!

Website: Center Vale

Ballet - O Corsario

Hello, It's Louissa here. 

A couple of weeks ago it was my ballet performance. After lots of practising - up to 3 times a week, the performance was finally ready. On the 10th of November we arrived early in the morning at the Municipal Theatre in the centre of town for the final dress rehearsal.  Then, we spent some time doing hair, makeup and final adjustments. Shortly after 8 o'clock the curtain was raised and we took to the stage. There was hardly time to rest between scenes, and we had various quick costume changes. I had 4 different costumes! 

Back in May, I took my Grade 5 ballet exam, and received the certificate, just before the performance. We have already started to prepare for the grade 6 exam!

Starting tonight, we are now going to perform some of the dances from the show at one of the shopping malls here in the city as part of their Christmas program. 

HRBC Magazine

For those of you who haven't seen it - I wrote an article for the Holland Road magazine - follow the link below:

HRBC Magazine

Back-ache

Mike writes:
I can just manage a few minutes at the computer - did something odd to my back last Friday, had a lot of pain; off work at the moment - x-ray showed nothing wrong, waiting for MRI scan results. Improving daily, thanks for all the prayers.

Happy Birthday Nélia!

Happy Birthday for yesterday Nélia!

Thanks to all of you who called/emailed/sent etc

Now on Instagram!

We've opened an Instagram account so that we can be more - well - instant.

Just click on the camera below:

Thank you Northstar!

We just wanted to say a quick "Thank you!" to NorthStar Worldwide.

We are currently passing through a period when God is challenging and teaching us about generosity and giving. We are often taught that it is better to give than to receive, and that God rewards generosity.   We have certainly received plenty - often from unexpected sources. Often we receive without asking, but sometimes we have to ask; this can be embarrassing - it can be our pride, or it can be not wanting to put the other person in a situation where they feel obliged to give.

When we do receive something, of course it's good to say 'thank you'. So, we'd just like to mention Northstar Worldwide, which is the organisation we use for Louissa and Joshua's home-schooling. Louissa is half way through her 2 years IGCSE in English Language and English Literature, and Joshua has just started Year 8 English. Northstar is a Christian organisation, and has several other missionary families using its services. As with the schools here in Brazil, we explained our situation as being volunteer workers and asked if they could help us. 

We were very happy that Steve, Lyn and the team agreed to offer us  a special deal in view of our circumstances. We're sure that this generosity will not go unnoticed by God ...

For more information about NorthStar check out their website at http://northstarworldwide.org

October Travels: England!

Mike writes:

After two nights back in Brazil, it was on the bus again to Saõ Paulo's Guarulhos airport, to take a flight to Manchester via London Heathrow. To be honest I was pretty weary of travelling, and I wasn't really looking forward to eleven-and-a-half hours in an economy (or "World Traveller") seat. So on the bus journey I prayed "God, if possible, an upgrade would be really great!"

When I checked in at the desk, the lady said "Good news for you Mr. Leal, we're upgrading you!" Thank you Lord!

British Airways 747 with my World Traveller PLUS seat waiting for me

So from Heathrow after a 40 minute flight to Manchester, and a 2-hour train journey, I arrived in Carlisle. On Monday (14th Oct) we started our annual IT Meetings, which finished at lunchtime on Friday. I then took the train down to Shrewsbury to spend the weekend with my mother. Another meeting, this time in Birmingham on Monday (21st), and then down to Brighton to visit our home church Holland Road Baptist Church. After a bit of shopping for some essentials (like Coco Pops), I headed back to Heathrow for a flight back to Brazil, where I arrived quite weary early on the morning of 25th. Phew! 

A pretty tiring but worthwhile trip! I thank God for safe journeys, great meetings, the chance to visit family, and to talk to several friends at our great church!

No big trips planned for November or December!