3/28/09 7pm
The Brasil team left for a weekend retreat yesterday Fri 27 and will be back on Sunday the 29th. Right now they are out of Internet reach...so I will take this time to give some background and information about Cody's family background in Brasil and the city of Curitiba.
Cody's Grandpa Smith took his young bride to Brasil back in the 50's where they did they're first tour up in the Amazon Jungle (its a jungle believe me I've been there)After that Cody's Grandparents moved to Fortaleza (thats where I grew up, I'm Cody's Dad but thats another story) Cody's Grandpa loved Curitiba so much, in 1973 they moved there and served there until 1986 when they moved to Rio to finish they're missionary careers. While in Curitiba Neal Smith (that's Cody's Grandpa)started a half a dozen or more churches and founded a Bible College and Seminary to train young Christian National Pastors and Missionaries. So Cody has deep roots in this city. If you would like to find out more about the City of Curitiba, google "Curitiba Brazil" and go to Curitiba wikipedia and you will find a wealth of information about this great city. There is even section on "15 of November st." which is where the young people are performing they're drama. Just enjoy the tour of this city of 1.8 million people set on a plateau at about 3000 ft above sea level...and that makes for interesting weather like we have in Oregon. If it is cold and windy there like it is here at home I hope the group is having good hot strong brasilian coffee with some warm "Tapioca cakes" (with lots of extra butter and jelly for me...oops didn't mean to droll)
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