Rains have stopped!

The rains have stopped below is a glimpse of a common sight in the streets of Maranhão as people began to go back to their homes to see the devestation. Aid has begun to arrive and we are able to help here in Palmas as places have been set up to drop off clothes and shoes for those in need in the Northern states. Pray that this aid gets to the people that need it most.

Rain Rain Go Away!

The northern states of Maranhão, Pará, Ceará, Bahia and Piauí have suffered serious and widespread flooding over the last two weeks. Many cities especially in the interior parts of the states are no more. Other larger cities have been affected as well, Teresina the capital of Piauí people were wading through water waist deep. Parts of Maranhão have had towns washed away, and highways have been destroyed. Mining of ore has also suffered a lot because of the rains. Here in Tocantins the rains continue to fall today started out sunny but the clouds are continuing to grow and it will probably rain this afternoon again. Palmas has only suffered with potholes and lots of them. But another larger city closer to the border with Maranhão has had some serious problems with flooding. The prediction for Tocantins is for the rains to continue up to July. This is odd because the rains normally stop by early to mid May.

Please pray that the rains would stop and that the people of Brazil would be moved in their compassion to give and help those in need in these northern states. When the floods came to the southern state of Santa Catarina the outpour of donations and news media coverage was truly great, but we can see the discrimination by the news media and lack of donations as well, the northern states are areas where there is a lot of poverty.

Rainy Day

Well the plans were not changed to much by the rain. Those who were scared to go because of the rain in the morning missed out on a fun day. The sun came out later in the day and the kids and adults had a great time in the creek! I will try to get some pictures up when time permits.