Day 4

First of all, I apologize for not blogging much this week but there has been NO time! We have been up at 5:30 and not in bed until midnight after a long day of seeing patients. We've seen almost 800 patient's and only one more day to go. Our goal is to see 1000 and I know God will bring it to pass. The day's have been so blessed. The people that we are ministering to are the most grateful, appreciative people I have ever seen. They are amazed and shocked that we would come here to serve and provide medical care for free and all of them say that we treat them like kings and queens. The socialized medicine system here seems to be one that just herds them through like cattle according to the stories they tell. They "are just a number" and are not respected or genuinely cared for. Some patients wait 6-8 months for an appointment for a problem and just have to suffer. It breaks my heart. I will be blogging about individual stories later as I get time and rest up from the week. I am sorry but my brain is overwhelmed...mostly because I am hearing two languages all day and one that I can't even speak...by the end of the day, my brain is mush...I can't even speak English! I am blonde, remember!!! ha ha

I want to thank all of my friends and family for their prayer support and for lifting up the team during this campaign. God has blown us all away with His amazing miracles. I look forward to sharing the stories so that you can hear what mighty things He has done!

There is not much more I can share except BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD, FOR HE HAS DONE GREAT THINGS!

Tomorrow is our last day of CURA, please pray that as things wrap up, God will continue His work. We will have a celebration party tomorrow night with all of the team and Brazilian volunteer's! I can't wait to celebrate with our brother's and sister's as we end this amazing adventure!

Robyn and I will be traveling alone on saturday and have a 10 hr layover in Mexico City. We also will have a 7 hr layover in Los Angeles. Please pray for safety as we make this journey together, unable to speak Spanish and that we make it home safely to see our families. By the way, I miss my girls sooooooooo much. I've gotten to SKYPE otherwise, I could'nt have been away from them for so long....I LOVE YOU, NAY, KARLEE AND KOURTZ!

Home soon, love to all of you,

Fique Com Deus (God bless)

Shirl