"What's all that Blue?"

For Living Stones Cajueiro Claro, we were learning basic geography. I brought a map, and the children held it and said "What's all that blue?"
"Water." I said, not knowing if I should laugh or cry. They had never seen a full map before.They learned where Brazil was. Where Indiana was. Where China and Africa are, and where Santa Clause would be, if he were...

For some reason, Brazilians love cold water. I have gotten used to lukewarm water because I am too lazy to put water in the fridge and wait for it to cool. But Pastor Flavio thought it would be really nice for the kids to have cold water--especially after a hot game of soccer. The church started saving up money for an electric water dispenser that cooled water.
Money wasn't coming in very quickly, but Pastor Flavio continued on. One night we had a visitor, who drank a cup of lukewarm water and said, "I want to donate an electric water dispenser to this church." Within a week, not only did we have cold water, but all the money needed for a second one came in--and was used to make our younger children's room absolutely perfect:

The only problem we have now is getting the kids to leave at the end of the service.