Mama B, thank you so much!  Letha Sines, you are wonderful!

I received two real packages since arriving here in Brazil and wanted to talk about them, mostly because they have made me happier than almost anything else.  Last week I received a care package from Trish Brunkhart, my adopted mother in Kentucky.  Mama B sent over all the essentials, including popcorn(thank God!), crayons and paper for the kids, and some really awesome small notebooks.  She also sent glue, which we gave to the moms, as the kids here like to sniff glue :(  Check out the photo album called I Love Mail to see pics of all this.

The Dirt family received the crayons and paper and promptly put them to good use.  I included some pictures of them drawing and stuff.

Letha Sines, my previous supervisor and a wonderful friend, sent me a wonderful card as well as a Hoops and YoYo t-shirt.  If you are not familiar with Hoops and YoYo, check them out at www.hallmark.com under the cards section.  They are really funny and can provide an hours worth of entertainment.  Thank you Letha!

I’m back in Sao Paulo now and should be able to write some more over the next week.

Deus te abencoe,

Jake