The Rich Family in Brazil, March 2020
A "Hairy" Experience
"Suddenly, there was a piercing pain like someone jabbed my heel with a needle," Rachel recounts. It was our first night in a local Portuguese-speaking community's church near the village, where Ed was invited to teach. Rachel looked around for the culprit that bit her as she was getting up from kneeling during prayer time. Later, she spotted a large hairy spider and had the lady in the next pew get rid of it.
It wasn't until we were getting out of our boat at our village that she told me about her arachnid encounter. When we got home, she had me use our retrofitted stun gun to zap the bite several times. She says it helped with the pain. By the next day, she said the bite wasn't bothering her much anymore.
Re-entry
We had gotten to the village the week before, and it took some time to clean and organize our house. Most of our villagers were in town, so language learning opportunities were a bit sparse. Ed and I went to the next village several times, which was helpful because many of them are bilingual and we got some language questions answered.
It feels a little different coming back for a second term. There are fewer new things. Some things we have forgotten, and other things are lurking just below the surface. Some things even make better sense as we contemplate them with fresh, rested minds.
In our isolation, things seemed normal, but meanwhile things were chaotic in the rest of the world. One night, after being in the village for just 11 days, we received direction from our leadership to go back to our mission base. Now we are back in town doing whatever projects we can here while we wait for it to be safe to return without risking contaminating our village friends. Pray we avoid COVID-19 in town.
Thank you for praying for us and for all the missionaries during these uncertain times.
In Christ,
Brian & Rachel Rich
Praise God:
"Suddenly, there was a piercing pain like someone jabbed my heel with a needle," Rachel recounts. It was our first night in a local Portuguese-speaking community's church near the village, where Ed was invited to teach. Rachel looked around for the culprit that bit her as she was getting up from kneeling during prayer time. Later, she spotted a large hairy spider and had the lady in the next pew get rid of it.
It wasn't until we were getting out of our boat at our village that she told me about her arachnid encounter. When we got home, she had me use our retrofitted stun gun to zap the bite several times. She says it helped with the pain. By the next day, she said the bite wasn't bothering her much anymore.
Re-entry
We had gotten to the village the week before, and it took some time to clean and organize our house. Most of our villagers were in town, so language learning opportunities were a bit sparse. Ed and I went to the next village several times, which was helpful because many of them are bilingual and we got some language questions answered.
It feels a little different coming back for a second term. There are fewer new things. Some things we have forgotten, and other things are lurking just below the surface. Some things even make better sense as we contemplate them with fresh, rested minds.
In our isolation, things seemed normal, but meanwhile things were chaotic in the rest of the world. One night, after being in the village for just 11 days, we received direction from our leadership to go back to our mission base. Now we are back in town doing whatever projects we can here while we wait for it to be safe to return without risking contaminating our village friends. Pray we avoid COVID-19 in town.
Thank you for praying for us and for all the missionaries during these uncertain times.
In Christ,
Brian & Rachel Rich
Praise God:
-For the time we had in the village
-For His protection
-For His protection
Please Pray:
-For our village friends to escape the virus
-That God would shorten the time we have to be away
-That God would shorten the time we have to be away
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| New air conditioners for the mission base, after many years |
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| More supply buying. "Box Robots" |
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| Reunited with village friends |
Brian & Rachel Rich are with Ethnos360 in Brazil
Website and blog: eternallyrich.weebly.com
To give to them online: https://ethnos360.org/missionaries/brian-and-rachel-rich
Website and blog: eternallyrich.weebly.com
To give to them online: https://ethnos360.org/missionaries/brian-and-rachel-rich
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