The Recanto Ebinezer retreat center was located 56 km south of Curitiba Brazil in the mountains and in a farm setting. The mornings and evenings were cool and midday was hot. Shorts and sandels for sure in the afternoons. Front of main bld.
Back of main bld. Gail taught in bottom left classroom, I taught in bottom right one and the top is the cafeteria.
Beautiful country side. Much like Va mountains. May see farmers plowing with mules.
We had an outing at a local pool/water park. The Araucaria (Parana Pinetree) is very abundant in this state of Parana. They are everywhere.
Jim Shelton was born in Memphis Tn while Gail (Conner) Shelton was born in Newport News Va and both were basicly raised in Tidewater Va. Jim graduated from Churchland High School when Gail graduated from Cradock High. They met in a carpool while attending Old Dominion College. He left college to enlist in the US Air Force in 1965 and served as an auto-pilot technician through 4 years of the Vietnam War, being honorably discharged. They married while he was still in the USAF but she still attended ODU while he was stationed in NC. After the service, he attended Old Dominion and graduated from Va Wesleyan College with a BA in Mathematics. Gail majored in Elementary Ed and taught school while he finished college. He taught high school mathematics at Peabody High School in Petersburg Virginia for 7 years and Gail taught in the Petersburg elementary schools as well. Their son, Mark, was born in Petersburg is married with two children. Daughter, Beth, was born 10 years later is married and was a YWAM missionary in Mx. Daughter, Ngoy from Cambodia, was adopted when she was about 12 and has 2 sons.
Gail and myself have taught English classes and The Purpose Driven Life since Fall 2004. In the spring of 2004 we only taught English. Pictured below are students from those classes.
The Recanto Ebinezer retreat center was located 56 km south of Curitiba Brazil in the mountains and in a farm setting. The mornings and evenings were cool and midday was hot. Shorts and sandels for sure in the afternoons. Front of main bld.
Back of main bld. Gail taught in bottom left classroom, I taught in bottom right one and the top is the cafeteria.
Beautiful country side. Much like Va mountains. May see farmers plowing with mules.
We had an outing at a local pool/water park. The Araucaria (Parana Pinetree) is very abundant in this state of Parana. They are everywhere.
