Day 8 - May 16 - Wednesday

We had one performance this morning at a sort of ghetto school with about 500 kids in the audience, then we had a goodbye barbecue with all of our host families, Sillas, Wanger, and Renato. It was so sad to say goodbye to everyone! We've really come to know and love these people here, and I'm going to miss them a lot - from Renato's passionate preaching, to the way Wanger talks to us like we've been friends for years, to the way our Brasilian mama Rosangela calls us her "beautiful daughters", everyone has contributed something special to our time here that we're going to remember for the rest of our lives. The rest of our day, from 3pm to midnight, was spent on the bus back to São José dos Campos (except for a couple of stops). Nothing much interesting about that... except that Mike introduced me to an incredible album by Gungor called "Ghosts Upon the Earth". It basically goes through the whole story of God's work with us, from creation through the fall to His ultimate plan for salvation and redemption. If you get a chance to listen to it, do! Now that we're back at our hotel from last time, sleep!