Internet Finally!

Hi everyone,

I know it has been a while. I have recently moved into a new house and I didn't have internet for a while and the school internet has been down too.
Story #1
Let's see..the last month has been very busy and an adventure. I have had an electrical fire in my house. My ceiling fan caught on fire. My roommate came in my house and I was in the shower about ready to go to church when she told me to get out of the shower because there was fire. The other missionaries came to our rescue and there was no damage. Thank the Lord!

Story #2
I was at another missionary's house when there electrical box caught on fire too. Their 4 year child was in the shower, so I rescued him and it was pitch black. We all had a slumber party at my house because my house had power. Sam, the four year old, said, "Wow, mommy there are fireworks in our backyard!"

Story #3
Anna, my roommate and I have a waterbox that feeds water into our house. It uses God given gravity to feed it into our house. Well it was broken for the first 2 or 3 weeks in the house and it would overflow and would sound like a waterfall outside my bedroom window. My neighbor was disturbed greatly by the waterfall and so he decided daily that he would turn our water box off. He was told several times not to mess with it but continued to do so. Several days in a row our showers needless to say were interesting freezing cold or scorching hot. Praise the Lord that we had water though. There were a few days that we had very little water.

Story#4
I was out with a Brazilian friend of mine and I went to a 50 wedding anniversary party. The party was great. I just fell across the busiest street in Belem and my friend held my hand after that. Also, it was raining really hard when I returned from the party and the roads were flooded with about a foot of water. The buses moved up for me so I could get off the bus. One of our missionary friends had to rescue us because we could not walk in the flooded streets. I think I will purchase some great boots!

Story #5
I was taking a shower this week and I have a stool that I sit on while I take a shower. Well as I was about to get out of the shower it broke into about 20 pieces. I fell to the ground. My stool had mold on it and I think that is why it broke. Praise the Lord I was not hurt!

Story #6
Happy Birthday! I just turned 30 years. I praise the Lord for his faithfulness and I thank him that I have the opportunity to serve him and through Him I can do anything! His hand is truly is on my ministry here because I have met so many new friends and I am really enjoying a new Bible study and fellowship with other Brazilians. My life is guided by Him and I want to Praise him for electricity, water, friends, stools, missionaries, my roommate, Anna, and slumber parties. Oh yeah, my students and I celebrated my birthday too and one of the other teachers made me a homemade carrot cake it was delicious!!


Praise Him always,
Nova

I will post pictures soon!