Eye clinic in Hovo Hamburgo

Last night we went out into the city of Novo Hamburgo to do an eye clinic. This was an eye opening experience for some of us. When we arrived at the place that we were going to be doing our clinic we discovered that we were working out of a house of one of the members of the church. This lady opened up some of her property because she wanted to give memebers of her community an opportunity to recieve glasses.

When we arrived there was a large crowd gathered waiting for us to start. They were very excited to see us and very patient when we were setting up the clinic. The clinic started at about 7pm and we went to about 11pm. During that time we were able to see about 150 people. Handing out glasses in this community was very different from the last clinic because the people were extremely appreciative to recieve whatever glasses we could give them.

The people there kept telling us that we were angles and they were shocked that we would come down here to Bless Them! Kelly replied that it was us that were blessed to be able to come down and help them. We even had one family that came to the clinic because they heard that there were people here from America who spoke English and they came down to practice their English. The family didn't come for glasses but just wanted to practice their English. Dianne and Becky spent about half an hour talking to them and practicing their English. When the family left they all gave us hugs and kisses and the mom told us that she was praying for us. It was a great moment to experience.

Overall things are going very well here in Brazil. Thank you for your continued prayers and support.