Riverbend Baptist Church - Gainsville, GA

We were so blessed to have had these wonderful folks from GA spend a week with us. 

They walked our city streets, prayed for our beloved Portuguese and encouraged us more than we could ever have  imagined.

Here is a quick wrap of the week.

Micah translating for Chris at the Senior adult home.

Dinner with youth at the Ca.Fe in Viseu.

Hanging out with the kids at the children's home

Singing at "a fonte" - outreach ministry in Sao Pedro de Sul

 Helping with English Conversation Class

It was an amazing week and these folks did all that we asked of them and more. 

We are so excited for them to come back and work alongside of us again soon.

3 Day Holiday

The boys had a 3 day holiday due to Carnival, so we took advantage of a beautiful day to visit the aquarium and a local castle by the sea. 

Carnival

It is Carnival time in Portugal.  Here is a great link where one of our friends expalined what Carnival/Mardi Gras/Lent season is about.  http://hilldaleworship.blogspot.com/2011/03/mardi-gras-and-lent-explained-for.html

We went downtown on Tuesday, amid a drizzly shower of rain, to see if there were any celebrations taking place.  We did not find a lot, but we did find a small children's carnival with cotton candy and farturas (funnel cakes).  Well worth the trip - notice there is no picture of the farturas we bought - they never last long enough for a picture:)

Spring In Bloom

A few weeks ago we visited the Porto Botanical Garden with our friend Joee.  It was hard to believe that this peaceful garden is right in the middle of town.