Trip to Foz do Iguaço (Iguazu Falls)

One of our goals for this last year year was to take Katie around to some of the famous Brazilian landmarks. She actually has been to most of them...but when she was a baby, so she doesn't remember them at all. Last August we went to Rio de Janeiro and last week we went to Foz do Iguaço on the border of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. We took in both the Argentine and the Brazilian sides of the Falls and walked over the bridge to Paraguay...just to say we'd done it.

The Falls are incredible and worth every effort. The walk across to Paraguay was bruising (literally). René and Katie got pretty beat up by the huge crowd of "sacoleiros", people carrying sacks of contraband across the bridge from Paraguay (which has no industry to speak of and imports bazillions from China and other cheap spots) to Brazil (which has high tariffs on manufactured goods.) We also ate supper one night in Argentina. (Everyone brags on their beef, but I think Argentine chickens are pretty good.)

Anyway here's some pictures of the Falls and our trip. My favorite spot is "Devil's Throat", the center of the 200+ waterfall system that according to Elenor Roosevelt, "makes Niagra look like a water spigot."

April 5, 2006

Hello,

This first picture refuses to move to the bottom of the page, so let's just pretend that I meant to put it here! It also refuses to resize to a smaller dimension. Its the final prayer of the ordination service for Iuri at the Barueri church.

I preached the challenge to the candidate.




We are glad to see the construction going ahead. It always seems slow, especially with the method of building here, but the light is at the end of the tunnel, literally.

The power company has been dragging their feet for months about connecting us. They kept coming up with "problems" for us to fix. Finally they came by yesterday and tried to connect us to the system. Their pole was defective! They promised quick resolution. Here's a picture of the construction.


Here's a picture of Iuri and his wife Cintia at the ordination at the Barueri church. Beside them is Pastor João. Some of your have prayed for Bible college students. Some have even helped with their school bills. This shows two recent graduates standing by their pastor who is a graduate from past years. All are doing a great job, praise the Lord Your prayers and support are paying off.




And, of course, our grandkids. Ben took his first steps and Isaiah is starting to be potty trained. Thanks for your prayers and support.

Graham and René Foran