One Year Anniversary

January 22, 2014 marked our one year anniversary of arriving in Brazil...can you believe it?! It has been a wonderful, exciting, and full year of new adventures and memories.  I thought I would post some pictures and highlights from our time here so far:

JANUARY 2013

 arriving in Brazil

FEBRUARY 2013

 fishing with our colleagues

 learning to cook from scratch

exploring the park

MARCH 2013

 meeting new friends at our meeting in Brasilia

celebrating Easter

APRIL 2013

 making new friends

playing in my first volleyball tournament

MAY 2013

 river trip with our church

 Carter's first school performance for Mother's Day

family trip to Pirenopolis for our wedding anniversary

JUNE 2013

 celebrating Carter's 2nd birthday not once,

but twice!

JULY 2013

starting the Bible study with the teenage girls

AUGUST 2013

 growing closer to friends

celebrating Father's Day

SEPTEMBER 2013

 visiting friends in Goiania

 finding out we're pregnant

4 sweet girls from church getting baptized

OCTOBER 2013

 celebrating Children's Day at church

 saying goodbye to our first year supervisors as they retired

being a pirate for a Halloween party at school (although the holiday isn't actually celebrated here)

NOVEMBER 2013

 our Bible study group is growing!

 celebrating Nick's 27th birthday with friends

 playing in a volleyball tournament at 15 weeks pregnant

having a 'fun' visit with Santa Claus in the big city

DECEMBER 2013

 helping with a ladies' Christmas event at church

 Christmas party with the youth girls

 finding out Baby Sroka #2 is a boy!

visiting friends in Brasilia

 Christmas Eve dinner!

 post-Christmas party with the other missionaries

JANUARY 2014

 cheering on the Noles to a National Championship from a distance

 fun visit with Mimi and Pawpaw

hiking to some waterfalls in Corumba

We are so grateful for all the opportunities we have had through the IMB.  We are so well provided for - our language schooling, housing, car, health insurance, etc. - and that is in large part to your giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.  Please know how thankful we are to be here and how much we are looking forward to moving into our next stage of ministry as we strive to reach the people of Brazil for the Lord.  It's been such an exciting adventure so far and we can't wait to see what's in store for 2014!