Brazil is an amazing country, with an amazing imigration population as diverse as any in the world. In our International English Church service yesterday morning we had people from Brazil, USA, Paraguay, Great Britan, Germany, Russia, South Korea, and Taiwan. Here is one of my "little" Taiwanese/Brazilian friends named after me. Thomas X 2= Trouble

How could I not include Charity Maria in with our pics. She is just too pretty. I love her princess outfit, and with her friends, they all are little princesses. And thanks to "Grandma Pam McCord" she now has a big pink teddybear to hold , hug and sleep with.

The first four months of 2006 we taught seminars and/or preached in 24 different locations, including churches, schools, and special events. Many decisions were made for salvation; marriages and other family relationships restored; commitments to serve Jesus Christ were made. Pastors have decided to use Walk Thru the Bible material for their marriage discipleship training, too. To God be the Glory!!!!

Diana's How To Win Over Bitterness seminar has had a tremendous impact on the lives of those she has taught. PTL!!!

If anyone had told me way back in 1976 that I would be living in Brazil, working with one of my former Liberty University professors, I would have said they were crazy...but, crazy is as crazy goes, and here I am, working with my dear friend - former SMITE team director, and college prof, Bud McCord. When I was SMITE director in 1984 I brought the team to Sao Jose dos Campos and we did a program for him. He later returned to West Hollywood, FL, where he pastored for 18 years, the time we were in Manaus. Now, as God would have it, we are together, again. He is one of the pastors of our Brazilian church, and he and I preach in the International English Church. Here we are with Diana, his dear sweet wife Pam, Tony Guerrero, Justin Adams,and Charity Maria , in the English service.

This is our good friend Justin Adams, from CA. He has been to Brazil a couple of times, and we had the priviledge of sporting him around. He has an awesome ministry, is a great singer, and his lovely wife Mary Beth is the best. When he was here this past September Diana and I had the chance to do some back-up vocals for his 1 hour outdoor program in Sao Jose dos Campos. See if you can spot us in the background. Two years ago Mary Beth, Diana and I did back-vocals for him,too. What a hoot! Check out his Rockalot blog at www.rockalot.typepad.com/my_weblog/

These are the last fotos of the Turleys with our bus. If you recall we sold it to an exciting ministry in Curitiba, Brazil called PROJETO VIDA (The Life Project). WOW!!! They added a stage on top, with built-in sound, a spiral staircase with a roof hatch, some neat decals, and other internal upgrades. You can check out their site at www.pvps.org.br. It is in Portuguese, but the fotos are great. Pr. Paulo and his brother Pr. David are doing a fantastic job, and we are glad that our bus is a part of such a ministry. Some one asked if we were sad about our dream dying. In all reality, our dream is more alive now than ever. The bus, now named LOGOS is fulfilling the dream we always had for it. Praise The Lord!