The Promise

And, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. " Matthew 28:20

What a wonderful promise! I have been taking this one to the youngest house of Crianca Feliz this week where the toddlers to 7 years are living along with a few older sisters and brothers. Casa Enseada. What a bunch of cuties!

Every week I spend four days total working with and walking through the word of God in theraputic arts lessons with different homes in Crianca Feliz. How precious it always is the first day! This is when I make my introductions, get to know the house, and really get to just play with the cuties! For our first day at Enseada, the Lord and I ...plus two brazilian angels named Renilda and ...ANGELcelia (no joke!) brought over a few boards to go with my wood duckies and ocean colors to paint. The theme was "Everybody needs a home"...we talked about the animals, the bugs, the trees, the fish, and people. These children are all learning and growing together in a ministry home apart from their biological families, so we talked about how people live different then fish, animals and trees and how there is something we do that is different; we learn to work together with a language called love!

Then we talked about Gods home... IN US! We talked about how Daddy God wants to live inside of us to teach us how to love people. This was fascinating to the children, and they loved it so much that we started off just inviting Jesus to come on in. Oh, awesome! What is amazing is that I know the children really got it! Halelujah! These very young children have all been either sexually or physically abused. They were rescued just in time! I have so much hope for all of them, seeing that they are in the stage of life that is extremely pliable right now, and with continued love, and protection they will be ok because they are all still very young. God is with them in that house! Praise You, our King over every child and life upon the earth!

The pictures from our first day will come later but the second day I came to visit them was two days later,after my work in Novo Contagem and Casa De Apoio. This is my week, guys, if you were wondering: Sundays are now my day with the Lord, totally (halelujah!!),

Monday: introductions at one of the 8 homes of Crianca Feliz and getting to know eachother...sometimes a small or super relaxing work together, afterwards I take the bus to the metro station to get to the last stop on the line: Eldorado, Contagem... to sleep in my other bed for two nights in Casa De Apoio...

Tuesday: Art therapy class 8AM first group of kids, rest and prep for next class, big lunch, 2nd class @2PM, rest, and... sometimetimes update the blogaroo! (*These pics are some of our time together doing the Tree of Life this last week, which has become a very endearing work to the children here in Brazil)

Awesome collages with the kids at Casa De Apoio!

..I love this little girl, Luana. She actually snatched my camera to capture these shots, this one is her leaf for healing in the tree of life. I loved it!


And...to bed...@ 10PM LATEST!!!

Wednesday: Early morning bus to Novo Contagem to meet Rosie, my translator. Pray and prepare in the spirit together, do family visits with the Social Worker until lunch...EAT yummy Brazilian foods!!!...1:30...pssst: outdoor evangelism, yeeeeah PFTS style! This week will be our first time. Pray for us! So excited! We will just be three tomorrow RIGHT in the center of Casa De Apoio in Novo Contagem where the very poor pregnant mothers are waiting to be seen along with children in the free dental clinics. Pics soon. At 3PM we finish and I am off to Belo Horizonte to my Casa Meninas Abode.

*Pastor missionary friend in Novo Contagem, and Edson, a social worker onsight.

Thursday: early in the morning wake up to cafe mañan (breakfast) with my lovely girls in the house and Cida (the house mother) and Betche. Prepare for my 2nd visit to the house I visited on Monday. Always super excited for my day coming back! Eat with my family at Casa De Meninas...brush my teeth, and head out to the house by 2PM
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I had just a small moment to wrap their work from the first day together in brown paper bags and give them to the children as gifts...with wire and screws on the back for hanging on the walls in their house! Remeber...? These ones are in the house called Enseada, for the little, little ones. The cuties had so much fun rockin´ the presents before we got started on our next work. Check them out! What a blessing to see their faces of awe over works that they themselves had created just days before... now masterpieces for their walls forever!

Friday: Same schedule as Thursday...
These are dome of the older children who finished up the beautiful rainbow that the youngest ones started. Now: I, of course, rapped about the great promise in the Word and we talked about rainbows and their perfect refined beauty...in kid talk right? Right! I spoke about our value as little creatures here on the earth...what are we here for? To shine our joy, and love, and peace together so Gods rainbow smile will shine as He holds us and rocks ud in Hid arms. We danced a bit and sang about the children of the world and all of our unique and beautiful differences, so important, just like each color in the precious bow... Then the kids had a huge blast painting together, some for the very first time. I am instilling parallel play with not only the babies but the older children in the other homes as well; so, so many of the children didn't get the pleasures of school and healthy learning through playing together when they were toddlers and in the early years of child development. It is such a joy to teach them through LIFE NOW!!!































Here is Pedro on our third day together! This is now "What do I wear?", a work where I read the famous Galations 5:22 passage of those awesome fruits of the Spirit! What should we really be all about? What kind of clothing are we going to be robed in today? Humility...VOCAB time for the children...this is a "STOP THE PRESS...you may only find this word in the Bible nowadays so lets do some explaining!!!!"...Peace, Gentleness, Self Control, Joy, Goodness, Faith, Love, Long- suffering... thank God for the Portuguese KIDS Bible while we teach, Amen! I cut out little girls and boys out of foam sheets, and brought along lots of goodies for decorating these guys. Take a look at the works! So beautiful!

Hey! Who are these sillies makin a giant mess? Me and the Brazilian angels early on our Saturday...texturing the new house Angelcelia is going to be moving into with her new husband after the marriage early next year. Renata is in the middle. Get a load of this:
Saturday: Same schedule as Monday, Thursday, and Friday, but I make this day the grand finale in every house so far! We will do the biggest project, or theater, or special treasure hunts, prizes, you name it! I try and do this to REALLY bring the message home about the love of Jesus and His great example for us to give and live in good, real, healthy love together. I always make dure to have a translator on my last days with each home...this time it was my two cuties above...well, Renata doesn't know a lick od English, but she sure is a cutie anyways!

Check out the pics of our grand finale! After painting we went straught to their house on Dat. to make beautiful colored clay (What I would make at home in the states ... but Brazilian play-do), chocolate lollies, and prep dor our theater of the Good Samaritan. Woweeeee!

More pictures of the clay and play later...

This is my lovely sister in Christ, Renata. Her heart is so big it could wrap around the universe! I spent all Sunday with her and her mother in a beautiful country home away from the big city. What a blessing. God is so goof to lavish beautiful love upon us! Friends in big cities mean more than gold! I love you, family, AND miss you all. Thank you so for all of your prayers; I wouldn't survive without em! A giant hug to you, and stay with God!

Yours,

Jeanne

times in a heart

Hi all! Inviting you into the houses of Crianca Feliz with me. Been doing creative and theraputic arts with the children and absolutely loving it with all of the many different personalities and precious hearts of the children! Please pray along as you read and see the news!

Yes Lord, more joy always in the name of Jesus! This is the home I am living in and will continue to live until I am finished in the Belo Horizonte branch of Crianca Feliz. I am falling in love with these cuites; there are nine total ranging from ages 7 to 17...all girls! What a blessing it really is right now to be a part of their lives as they are all amazing! I lead them in devotionals, sing to them, and create pieces together. My roomie is a star: Betche! We pray together in the spirit every night as late as we have to in order to get the job done. What a sweet heart!

Here are the famous self portraits I led them through . Very amazing. Please exalt the Lord for all He has been doing here through the art work; pray for the girls in the Casa de Meninas where I am living. Such treasures here. The last self portrait you will see I absolutely adored; I worked with the oldest girl of the home who is going through some very serious confusion in her mind; she and I had some perfect one-on-one time together and I kind of developed a special heart for her pice of artwork, and she warmed up to me deeply that day, but three days later she took it out of the living room and won't bring it back in with the rest of the others. I have no idea what she has done with it. Anyways, out the nine there are only eight self portraits now in the house.


Please pray with me for more time to spend together with Pricilla. She is very uncomfortable around other people, but likes me a lot so I have a good chance of getting closer to her and helping loose the deep waters love of the Lord over her life. She needs a higher self esteem.

Beautiful Pricilla.

A picture of the girls excited about their self portraits with an auntie of one of the girls was supposed to post here but...well it´s computer land and...that means everything can not be perfect unfortunately. It´s ok, they are so dear to my heart; so proud of their works of art! This happens to bless me soooo much! Thank you, Jesus for creativity that can restore confidence, bring out new sides of us, and teach us to love more deeply! I am praising the Lord for such a full release for these precious girls that they wouldn´t even be able to contain it! YEAH!

Works with the children from the emergency rescue transition home: Casa Emmaus. These works were the leaves for healing! Leaves on the tree of life! The instructions were to follow John 15:4,5...Jesus the great Teacher, to stay close to Him forever as He stays close to us, and bear much GOOD fruit in the process! Yup! I had the children search through magazines for collaging all images of things having to do with life. Check this out!

The kids loved doing this work together! Not all of them participated but most, and we had a great time! These children are all getting ready to be placed in new homes soon for longer term care. A lot of my time spent in this house was just playing UNO, goofing around with the camera, listening to them, and then praying towards the end. We also did an emotions design...you gotta see the contrast with these children between happy, mad, and sad. Incredible! I ended up framing a piece and giving it to the phsycologist on sight. She loved it and put it right in her office immidiately with huge smiles. What a special time to be with them! I praise the Lord for every moment!

More photos to come soon! Be blessed family, and thanks for all the support and encouragement on the journey! Love you!
Jeanne

P.S the bank card situation is all sorted...I was right: they thought someone had the card out here illegally. Got it all squared away and thanks for the prayers. Chow!

P.P.S THANKS Paradise Found the Streets SF for the love. Every little bit counts. Love you from Brazil right to your heart.

Flowers of Moments...

God bless you all and thanks for your prayers!
This is gonna be a quick write so bear with me, yeah?
First... a beautiful flower from the tropical side of life... muito bonita!

Here are two of my cutie tutie friends: Juliana and Rogerio....they have been precious during my adjustment time into Crianca Feliz. It is like they understand everything in the spirit supernaturally that I say....and I just love their hearts. Both of them have moved into the Caza Azul... where I will be coming to rock it with the children in biblical and creative arts in the upcoming month! They are missionaries from Recife where I will be hopefully flying into after my time with all of the houses here... just before heading home. Pray this will work. I want to see the street ministry there; it is what Happy Child is focusing most on in this area of Brazil, and about three hours from here, by plane. I want Juliana to come back to the states to visit us sometime! She is a powerful woman of God.
Some of the children that have found a huge place in my heart...This is Adelson; he needs to know Jesus!PLEASE jump on board and pray for this special child. He is so full of energy, it's awesome, but satan is trying to steal from his life with the past. His name is Jefferson,; he needs actual deliverance, and lots, and lots, and lots of love!"Be-Be Bianca" (I sometimes call her Chiquita Banana), the youngest one in Casa De Irmãos.
Prayer time with the cworkers here in Belo Horizonte...this was a one week course for all of the social workers on staff. I was so blessed to be invited to join in two days with them to see the functioning here and the amazing connection between the church and government. So different, I think in good ways! /crianca Feliz has a great name here, and has been in existence for 15 years. They are supported by the government AND the churches. What a significant part of my time spent with the team here. Very informative. I also got to pray over the workers as they finished up their course work. Beautiful family!Here is the crew of warriors for the Lord who keep the show running for the ministry:

"Wado" Rosenthal on my left, me, the director, Amore, my life saving friend, expiditer, and translator from Mozambique, Rogerio, and Amilca.

The whole crew of workers, except for Amilca who took the photo. Bless his heart! Praise God for theses newly equipped soldiers of the Lord's; world changers in Belo Horizonte, and in every childs life they will touch from here on out! Halelujah!
And aleluia again for the creative artsliving in all of us because of the awesome Holy Spirit!

These following shots are taken of some time spent with the children during a project called "What's it all about?" I like to use this project to stir up unity in new groups of children learning how to work together. All of the children in the last house I was working with are brand new, directly from the favelas and/or very violent or dangerous homes. I have called this project "I come From" in the past with other groups, becuase we actually walk down the road and stories of one another´s lives a little, then paint it out. In the end, we form a beautiful puzzle mosaic together, and new memories are made in the midst.

The masterpiece!

Yeah Jesus! Because "In this house we have happy children!" The words of life over this generation!

Casa De Meninas! The new house...Pray for me! I will start work with them tomorrow. Just moved in last night and can not wait to see what God is going to do during this time. A beautiful viranda I have to pray and talk with the Lord on...every morn at 6 AM cuz the day starts early here! The girls are so lovely. We all got together last night and talked about the dream they each were of /his one special day, and then prayed in the open air overlooking the city. I will live here the remainder of my time in Belo as I work with the other homes.

I love you guys, and all your comments to my heart. Giant hugs to all of you! I will be in touch soon.

Pray for me as I desire to work with all of the homes, yet only have a month left on the ticket I purchased. This will cost a bit to extend the ticket to late October, which I think is perfect amount of time to finish everything. I want to travel to Recife too, so provision is God's!
I have all of you in prayer and soooo excited for all the new beginnings before each one of us! Be encouraged, S.F as God roars through there continuing, and I am with you in the spirit and in prayer!

Love and /peace,

Jeanne