Always remember the forgotten.

Always remember the forgotten.

Hello Amigos:) After getting back from Asia we returned to our jobs and continued to work in Las Vegas for a while and save up. We each worked two jobs at restaurants so we could earn money faster and be able to continue to travel and work with those in need. We have received numerous invitations to perform at various places back in Brazil, as well as a request to continue our work in the prisons there. It has been difficult having to spend so much time working when we know there is so much need and opportunity waiting for us and we are eager to return.  
Sometimes working as a server is looked at as a just "get by" kind of job, but I really enjoy working as a waitress. Although it can be hard work and stressful at times (especially when you get sat a big party and 5 tables at once and then run out of ice:)), I love the chance to touch so many different people and brighten their day, maybe make them laugh or at least smile. 

We were also able to work with and help a lot of the homeless that lived in tents down by Fremont street and also on the strip. So many suffer in silence just trying to make it. We talked to so many that end up where they are just because of one mistake, or one event that took a turn for the worse. We are so fragile and at times just a mistake away from tragedy. So many people just fall through the cracks and are forgotten. We must always remember them, see them and care for them. Even if its just a little effort, let us make an effort and always remember the forgotten.

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One day we got the chance to run an obstacle course type race. We volunteered one day so we got to enter for free :) Over 8 miles, around every corner there was a different obstacle. From running through a river, crawling under barbed wire, jumping over walls, doing monkey bars or carrying heavy things up mountains (I know, what sane person would choose to do this?!;)). We had a blast and it was a great way to train and stay in shape. I even sunk a spear into a target first try:) (Totally a practical talent you use every day:))

But its just so much like life. Around every corner there is some obstacle that we have to face. Sometimes it seems that life, just doesn't let up on us. We get past one thing, just to run right into something even harder. 
God says, "This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith."(1Jn.5:4) Faith in a Father who is good and loves you more than you can imagine. The faith that Abraham had when he looked up at the stars and said, "yes". "Yes God, I believe in you".  I don't know or understand so many things, but I trust you. There are so many things we just don't know, but to know the love of Jesus, answers everything. It is this childlike faith that can allow us to overcome every obstacle.