Marissa's 1st Birthday!

 The WHOLE Family Together!!!

It has been a wonderful blessing to be here in the States!  We were able to be here for our first grandchild, Marissa's, 1st birthday! We were able to enjoy the presence of all of our children and their spouses with us at the party!

We have had some down time to rest at His feet and do some bike riding and we can't believe we only have 2-1/2 weeks left! We are looking forward to making a few more visits with churches and supporters these last days and this week we are babysitting Marissa.

Last week we were able to have dinner with one of our "Rio Trio" Trek 7er's, Drew!  It was wonderful to catch up with him, laugh, reminisce, and listen to his experience of coming back from Brazil and how the trip impacted his life. 

Soon after we return to Rio we will welcome the two 6-month interns that are preparing to serve with us.  As well, we'll be offering Pathways Bible Training to our Brazilian partners at the end of September.

We're enjoying this time, yet starting to miss our Rio home and ministries!

Resting in Him,


Diane and Jeff