God's Great Creation!

There are so many interesting things to see here in Brasil. The beauty and uniqueness of God's creation is seen in so many ways. We wanted to share a few of those unique and beautiful things with you.

Here is a giant toad that lives in our yard. We see him on many occasions.

Since the last picture didn't really give you a good idea of his size,
this is Mr. Toad next to Elisabeth's almost size 7 foot.

Dennis came home from class one day hearing the dogs barking like crazy. He found this huge iguana clinging to one of our trees. He wanted to get closer, but that very long, razor sharp tail looked pretty intimidating and Mr. Iguana wasn't looking too happy about all the attention he had attracted.

We get many rainbows around here. The rains are still coming daily, but the sun wants desperately to have its time too, so there are many times that the dueling elements create a beautiful picture for us. It is not uncommon to see full rainbows in the sky. This double rainbow appeared only a few minutes before sundown.

There are so many beautiful varieties of flowers here. Elisabeth took this picture one evening while on a walk.
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It's a beautiful & unique world God made.
We are blessed to be able to experience this corner of His creation.

New Clothes, Same Old Lies

Last night the 5th through 8th graders here at AVA preformed a wonderful adaptation to the Emperor's New Clothes. It was the Emperor's story with a Christian twist. It showed each of us that we are completely unprepared for the Wedding Feast of our Lord unless we humble ourselves, put away our pride, and accept that Jesus is the only one who can give us the clothes we need for His Wedding Feast.

Here is Emperor Nathanael getting the many credentials from the Royal Tailor Sligh.

The Bardess of Bungle, Elisabeth, writes down all the details she has been told about the new "clothes" so that she can remember them.

The Emperor has a fitting for his new vest.

The Bardess of Bungle and Lady Vogue argue with Logofile about whether the Emperor's new clothes can really be seen or not.

Tailor Goodnews shares the Good News about Salvation to the Emperor and his Court.
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The kids all did a fabulous job during their performance. They had a great time and everyone who attended the performance was entertained and heard the message of the Good News of Salvation.

White Rabbit

In fond remembrance of our college days, we brought the "White Rabbit" game to AVA. If you're the first person to say "White Rabbit" to someone on the first day of the month, you will have a good month. Kind of a pointless game, but it's fun to see how creative you can be in "getting" other people. Here's creativity at it's best from last month. Who knew how cute the Kombi would be as a white rabbit.

So, Happy April 1st, and a White Rabbit to you all!