We’re not blogging this week because we’re getting ready for 2 mission teams from the US (that’ll be here in 8 days) and we’ve got some more construction projects we’re wrapping-up because of a camp we’re holding in 2 weeks (and we’re doing all the “normal stuff” that we do during the week as well). But rather than going the whole week without posting anything I had to show you guys this flyer we saw yesterday.
We were at the construction store yesterday picking up a few supplies for a project we we’re working on. I had gone inside to pay and when I came back out, MJ told me to look at the flyer that was on the wall. When I did, we both busted out laughing as we read it. It’s like we stepped into a time warp or something. The culture we live in is just “so foreign” to us (literally, haha!) but things are so much simpler here, gotta hand that to them, that’s for sure.
The flyer was for a Soccer Tournament that was going to be held where we live on the mountain. Not really that strange, seeing that we live in Brazil, right? Soccer and Brazil kinda go hand-in-hand. It (soccer) is definitely part of the culture. But when we read what the prizes were for whoever won, that’s what made us laugh. Here, I’ll translate it for you:
1st Place = Trophy and a Pig
2nd Place = Trophy and 2 Cases of Beer
3rd Place = Trophy and 1 Case of Beer
Welcome to Terra Boa! Yep. Grand prize is a trophy and a pig! “We’re not in Kansas anymore Dorothy.” It’s just so weird to think that we went from a culture that gave away cash, X-Boxes and flat screen TV’s as prizes to a culture where the winners get cases of beer and pigs! lol! And here’s the kicker... we later found out that they announced it in the high school. They even brought the little trophy into the classrooms and passed it around so everyone could see it! lol! Anyway, you may not find that as funny as we did, but I just had to share it with you.
Please pray for us these next few weeks as we’ve got a lot of ministry stuff going on. We want Jesus to be glorified in everything we’re doing too. So please pray for us: )
Love Ya,
Jim
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