Monthly Archives: April 2019

School For younger children in dangerous area – April 30th

The Director of the prison that we have been working in asked us if we could put on a performance for the children in the school where his wife teaches. They were younger grades than we normally go to, but were all very precious, obedient and respectful. All 250 would be dead quite when we asked them to, (but unbelievable loud when they were cheering or enjoying the magi;)). We put on our play that envelopes, my brother on stilts, a giant frog costume, a dwarf, a treasure chest which holds a light up book, (used to teach about the…

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Magic Show at a Restaurant – April 28th

A restaurant near where we are staying asked us to put on a magic show for a busy Sunday night. It was a lot of fun!

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Two performances at large School, 800 students total- April -25th

We were able to reach the whole school here by doing one performance in the morning, and one after lunch, making for a nice short ten hour day;);) Despeite our initial impression, the students were all very respectful, grateful and into everything we did. When we did our, “leadership challenge”, which is when we bring kids up on stage to read quotes and role play in different scenarios, at first no-one volunteered. There was just so much peer pressure. Then one brave girl walked to the front and was a beautiful example of how to be an individual. After her,…

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Photos of the Favelas

Here are a few photos I took in some of the different favelas we have been working in:)

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Easter Event in lagre Favela – April 21st

So this was a really cool event! The guy who set it up, randomly saw a flyer of a previous event we did on the status of a friend of his. He asked, basically begged, us to come and perform at the easter party he was trying to organize. His name is Rodgerio, and he is a motorcycle taxi driver who lives in the favela. We nicknamed him “Batman”, because he is a one man show trying to do a lot of good in a very dark city. He is poor as well, but was able to get a lot…

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Easter event in the largest Favela – April 20th

Getting to this event was one big (dangerous, terrifying, crazy, whole life flash before your eyes…) adventure:) It was high up in the largest favela here, one that houses over 100,000 people. Its where they filmed the most recent “Hulk” movie and they running on the roofs:)) But anyway, a lady I met who lives at the top organized and event for easter. We could not drive up up the crazy doctor seus type hill:). So we had to walk all our equipment up. It was actually harder than I first thought when I assured my dad it would be…

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Orphanage – April 13th

We had a beautiful morning putting on an Easter party at an orphanage. We had a magic show, an easter egg hunt and of course, an easter bunny;) The children were so precious and excited. Nothing brings out the kid in you like looking for easter eggs;)! IT was such a privilege to touch their little hearts and minds with the love of the Father. We had a beautiful morning putting on an Easter party at an orphanage. We had a magic show, an easter egg hunt and of course, an easter bunny;) The children were so precious and excited….

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Serious flood – April 7th-10th

We got hit with a bad rain storm where it poured non stop for three days. There was bad flooding in most everywhere and the city was in a state of emergency. There were mudslides and people were killed, very tragic. Where we are staying there is only one road in and one road out and that one road turned into a river, so we were trapped for a few days. Eventually the locals got a flatbed truck to work as a shuttle and shuttle people in and out. Also the rivers, where the aligatores live, overflowed so we stopped…

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School with 800 teens – April 3rd

This was our second visit to this school. The first time we reached the younger kids in the afternoon and the teachers asked us to please come back and perform for the older students, (15 to 20). The teacher told us that so many of them were being lost to the gangs, violence, and drug trafficking. She asked to please help. It was hard work to keep so many teens at attention and focused but the result was incredible. We do a section where we choose three students to hold play in a scenario we set up. A few of…

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