Brazilian national Chico just laughed as we all shook our heads in disbelief. Could he really have seen...and killed...a 33 foot alligator? During our survey trip this past Feb/March to visit where we plan to minister in Western Brazil, we had many opportunities to meet tribal people and local Brazilian nationals—and to hear some pretty tall tales. And, oh, by the way...those 33 feet do not include the alligator’s tail!
What an excellent time the Lord gave us, though, in meeting many of these future friends for the first time. We communicated with the tribal people as best we could using Portuguese that soon we would be moving to their area and beginning to learn their language.
As our Portuguese course comes to an end on May 30, we look forward to our move to the Amazon rainforest. We are eager to begin learning the tribal language, to develop relationships with the interior nationals, and, hey, I look forward to seeing one of those 33 foot alligators—from a distance.
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