Here's a quick update on what's been going on in our lives:
Karl and I both returned to Manitoba at the beginning of April. It was time for us to get back and spend a bit of time with family and friends.
It was also a working trip for both of us. Karl spent almost a month there doing lots of marketing for our business. We hope that a large part of our business will be organizing tours for groups who want to see Brazil. So he was busy talking to school travel clubs, music groups, sports teams, churches, and pretty much whoever would listen, about travel opportunities. He had great responses from everyone he talked to. (If this sounds like something you or your group may be interested in, let us know! We would love to dream with you about the possibilities!)
I spent more time in Manitoba - just over two months. The majority of this time was spent up north, working in nursing stations on First Nations reserves. Shortly before we moved to Brazil, I discovered that I really enjoy this (completely different) type of nursing. So for me, coming back to work like this allows me to spend time with family and friends, do something that I love, keep up my nursing skills and hours, and let's be honest, earn some money too.
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| Flying into one of the First Nations communities. |
While I was busy working, Karl was back in Brazil, busy renovating. He built (ok, he oversaw the building of) an area we like to call Hammock Haven.
He also did a TON of legwork for this July. Throughout the month of July, we are offering several English Camps. These weekends are designed for Brazilians who already have a decent grasp of the English language. They can spend a weekend with us speaking only English. We will do lots of activities to help them enhance their language skills. We will also do lots of cultural things (including eating foods typical of English-speaking countries). He was developed an amazing relationship with one of the local universities, and most of our participants will be coming from that school.
Now that we are both back in Brazil, we are busy with final preparations for July. This includes taking registrations, doing a few final touch-ups around our yard, and planning all the programming for these events. (There is no shortage of work to do around here!)
We are also so fortunate to have two volunteers from Manitoba joining us for these events. They both have impressive backgrounds and will be HUGELY helpful with programming and interacting with our participants. We look forward to their arrival this Friday!
So that's a little summary of what has been going on over the last few months. I will try to post regularly over the next few months and keep you updated on how our first annual English Camps are going!
