September Birthdays:70

In Mussurepe, we celebrated 10 birthdays from August, and September, including Vitor Hugo (Aug. 2), Gisele (Aug. 6), Gustavo (Aug. 10), Lucas Geronemo (Aug. 15), Manuela (Aug. 27), Deivide (Sep. 13), Manuel (Sep. 19),  and Lidiane (Sep. 20)

In Paudalho, we celebrated 9 birthdays, including Alexandra's very first birthday (she lost her birth certificate, so does not know her birthday. We decided to make one up to celebrate her 18th birthday officially!) 

Alexandra turned 18 on September 20!

We also celebrated with Cesar (Sep. 3), Rosane (Sep. 4), Diane (Sep 18)

Neto (Sep. 20), Precilla, Larissa, and Rosana. 

Emanuela, who turned 1 on September 28, wasn't sure about those birthday glasses.

In Lagoa, since we just started, we celebrated all the birthdays (31!) from January-September with lots of cake and smiles: 

In Cajueiro Claro, we celebrated 3 birthdays, with Ivanilson (Sep. 13), Weverton (Sep.18) and Henrique (Sep. 20)

At the Dump, we celebrated 12 birthdays

Miguel (3/9/11), Josiane (4/9/05), Rodrigo (4/9/96), Izaquiel (5/9/02), Diana (6/9/97), Ana Flavia (13/9/01),Vanessa (13/9/07), Glebison (17/9/99), Princess (25/9), Marcella (27/9/99), Izequiel (30/9/02), Moises Jose (30/9/00)

And in Guadalajara, we celebrated 5 birthdays from July, August, and September (since the program had been on hold).

July and August Birthdays: 24

Summer holidays make it more difficult to organize birthday parties, but they are continuing to bring joy to the children! We celebrated Daniel, Paulo, Jasmine, Leandro, Ricardo, Alexandre and Edivaldo's birthdays in Cajueiro Claro:

Paulo (M) was shy about taking a picture. This was his first birthday party ever. His mother had lost his birth certificate, so we were not sure when his birthday was. His mother and I (Rachel) made up the date as close as she could remember. We are not sure if he turned 12 or 13. 

We celebrated five birthdays in Guadalajara

And 12 birthdays at the Trash dump:

Mussurepe, Paudalho, and Lagoa birthdays still to come! 

Living Stones Paudalho: Rosineide's Birthday Picnic

Living Stones Paudalho: Rosineide's Birthday Picnic: We are so grateful to the two short-term missions trip groups that left us with party supplies--and a whole bucket of double bubble gum!:) ...

Living Stones Trash Dump: Birthdays Arrive at the Trash Dump

Living Stones Trash Dump: Birthdays Arrive at the Trash Dump: Due to the extreme difficulty of the situation at the trash dump, we hadn't been able to celebrate the birthdays there until now. Gather...

June Birthdays: 17

In June we celebrated 17 birthdays at Living Stones, and finally started celebrating birthdays at the trash dump as well (that is a separate post).
In Cajueiro Claro, we celebrated with Mariana (June 8), Jailson (June 9), Felipe (June 13), and Jon-jon (June 17)

 (Mariana turned 7!)

In Mussurepe, we celebrated with Aline (June 2), and in Carpina with Daniel (June 3)

In Guadalajara, we celebrated with Amanda (June 4), Alan (June 30), and three other boys.

In Paudalho, we celebrated with Rodrigo (June 4), Vera (June 6), Leandro (June 6), Estephania (June 10), Rosilda (June 21), and Joseane (June 27)

 

 

 

 

May Birthdays: 19

We were very happy to celebrate with Eduarda (May 24, turned 3)

And Igor (May 8) at Cajueiro Claro.
In Mussurepe, the three lovely ladies celebrated (Michaele--May 6, Patricia--May 12, and Eliza--May 11)

(Eliza turned 11)

In Carpina, we celebrated with Ingrid (May 23), Natali (May 7), Nathalia (May 9), and William (May 29)

 

In Guadalajara, we celebrated with Carolina (May 28) and Suelle (May 15)

 (Carolina)

And in Paudalho, we celebrated with Mercia (May 1), Isac (May 1), Eduardo (May 9), Emerson (May 10) Erastmas (May 12), Karla (May 27), and Cleyton (May 31)

 (Erastmas with the glasses)

Thank you so much for supporting us--helping with birthdays is creating a new culture for these children, one that says "God made me, God sees me, and God has a plan for my life: and today, I celebrate that."

currently, no money has been coming in for birthday parties. We have barely been receiving enough for our general budget, which goes to food and the daily program. I (Rachel) have been using my own funds to continue this, because I see the great need for it, but I would love to have partners in this: www.wribrazil.com/10forthem

 

 

 

Fifteen April Birthdays

In Cajueiro Claro, we celebrated the birthdays of Caua (April 10), Paulo s. (April 20), Andreia (April 20), Jo-jo (April 26), and Milena (April 30)

In Mussurepe, we celebrated the birthdays of Deyvilla (April 3), Geovane (April 9), Artur (April 18), Cloves (April 24), and Maria Paula (April 24)

We also got to celebrate Koral's birthday (April 25) while she was visiting from the USA. In Paudalho, we celebrated Morgana's birthday (March 29), and Rafael Jose (March 26)

In Carpina, we celebrated Vitoria's birthday (April 19), and Kevin's birthday (one of the helpers)

In Guadalajara, we celebrated Joao Vitor's birthday (April 1)