A Bit About Money

Kyle and Jayme have been attending Portuguese classes in the mornings.  They have mentioned several times how much they would prefer an immersion-type experience like we are creating here as opposed to the 2 hours of class they have a few times a week.  Out of curiosity, they checked into a similar Portuguese immersion program where they would live with a Portuguese family and have about 4 hours of classes taught by a member of the family each day.  The program would cost approximately 5000 euros a month per person ($7800 per month per person with the current exchange rate).

Thanks to your generosity we are able to provide the same type of experience for our students. They are paying between 30 and 40 euros per week ($200-$230 per month), which does not even cover the cost of their food.

I also wanted to pass along a story that was shared with us from someone who contributed to the program and our expenses through the church.  We were overwhelmed to hear the story and thought you would enjoying hearing about God's miraculous ways of working through other people's lives, too.

"OK...so we were planning a nice evening out to celebrate our 10th anniversary on May 23.

When I mentioned our plans of a dinner cruise in Chicago to my morning show co-host, Johnny, he suggested I try to get complimentary tickets in exchange for doing a 'review' for the show. I thought it was a long-shot (we're talking Navy Pier, Chicago and only a week to make it happen), but decided to make a couple of calls.

I decided if we could get the tickets for free (~$150), then we would give that same money away. I guess God liked that idea, because from there on out, the arrangements were a breeze. Somebody actually called me back, and with out ANY red tape, gave me the go-ahead. We just picked a date and went!

That's it - that's our story! I've been praying for you."