Cristalina!

After Caldas Novas we went to a town called Cristalina where we were able to see many, many rocks. We even went to a crystal mine and JP found the water! The water was supper clear, clean, and deep! There were rocks everywhere! So pretty! Dad was so happy! It was a beautiful place!

Hot Water Parks!

Last Monday we went to Caldas Novas hot springs! We went to 3 hot water parks and spent our days soaking in warm water! There were water slides!! This was a highlight for Kimberly and her mom. Kimberly’s Dad and JP went down the slides too! Some pools were hotter than others and some were cool. At night the pools are emptied, cleaned, and then refilled by morning. The water is the best when it is just coming into the pool. So, it was fun to go out and get in the fresh water at night.

Dad's getting a foot massage!

Cross Cultural Concert

We went to an Argentine and Brazilian cross cultural concert. The music was so good!!

A visit to the school and Brazil Volleyball!

We are having a full time here. :) The food is so good! The past few days we've given Mom and Dad the tour around town. We were able to take them to the school we'll be teaching in. We were given tickets to watch Brazil play Peru in women's volleyball!!! Brazil won. It was a blow out really. It was fun watching them spike! Brazil won the first 3 sets so it was a short game but fun! They gave us t-shirts at the door.

A day at the lake with our small group! So much fun!

Our going away party given by our much loved Bible study group.

Our Summer 2011

We have had an eventful summer!  After a yard sale we packed up our apartment with the help of some awesome friends. God sent the "angels" in to help us. It was a major effort but with the help of our friends and family we were able to get it done.

Kimberly was able to spend some time with the family at the beach for a week while JP finished up a class in Atlanta. Then we spent two weeks in Mississippi for training through the school we will be working at. We learned a lot about the structure of the school, the transitions of living abroad, safety, and a better understanding of children who move from country to country.  We also met some wonderful people there.  Our host family was gold!  We are so thankful to have met them and have a retreat to go to after the long days of training.

We made it to Brazil this week.  Mom and Dad are here with us for a few weeks.  We have been touring the city, eating delicious food, and spending time with family here.  It has been an adventure already! 
Thank you for all your prayers!!

Jp Kimberly send off

Church send off. Batista's going to serve in Brasilia !

Watson Mill St Park

Awesome hike!

Happy new year at the Burns farm

Aquarium!!

Great time with Julie, Greg, Jackson, Jessica, Brennen and Kimberly.
God is amazing for creating so many BIG fish! Amazing!
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Merry Christmas! Feliz Natal!

We were blessed with a white Christmas this year!!! We loved playing in the snow! Check out our biggest snowman ever! We've had a super Christmas break so far, with lots of family gatherings, good food and awesome parties. Congratulations to the Burns on their 40th wedding anniversary! We celebrated with family and friends at Innoko's in Athens. So fun to see the chef cooking in front of us... Now a few more days of rest and here we go 2011!


Feliz Natal e um super 2011 para todos!!! Saudades do Brasil... por aqui muita alegria e muita neve!

4 Wells!!!

Thank you so much to all who contributed towards my birthday gift / fund raiser!!! Our total ended up being $4100!!! That's enough to build 4 wells in Asia! 4 villages will get new wells because of your gift!! Thank you so much for your heart! God bless you! ... JP

Great Party, Thank YOU!!

This is my B-day speech and well chant : )

Thank you for all who came and for all who donated towards the well!! Through your gift many people will be blessed with water for their basic, but most importantly many people will taste Living water through a relationship with Christ because of this well.

A few people have mentioned they still want to donate. Once I get all donations I'll post the total ammount raised. If you want to donate you can still mail a donation to us (for Gospel for Asia). 1070 Wellington Dr, Watkinsville, GA 30677

Thanks again. God bless - JP & Kimberly

JP's Birthday Party!!! You are invited!!!

Saturday - April 10^th , 12pm – 2pm

at Oconne Veteran’s Park

(pavilion by the tennis courts)

(If it rains, we’ll party on Sunday – April 11^th,

1 – 3pm )

We’ll grill out burgers and hot dogs

(+ some delicious deserts)

Bring a frisbee or tennis racquet to play!!!

Kimberly and I will provide the food and drinks.

I’m asking for a special gift this year!! J

Please RSVP to

jpbatista99@yahoo.com

& let me know how many are coming with you!

My Birthday Gift - The Jesus Well

You like water? Off course! But thousands of people in Asia do not have access to clean water!

Gospel for Asia has an amazing ministry that installs water wells next to churches and missionary bases, so that the missionaries can provide the natives drinking and Living water!

I want a Jesus Well in Asia for my birthday! It only costs $1000 to install a Jesus well. If you can please bring a donation to Gospel for Asia (tax deductible) for our Jesus Well.

Kimberly and I will collect all donations and send it to Gospel for Asia J. If you cannot make it to the party and you love JP or Jesus or water and you would like to contribute you can send your gift to us and we’ll forward it with all the other’s to Gospel for Asia (JP & Kimberly Batista, 1070 Wellington Dr, Watkinsville GA 30677). Thanks!

JP & Kimberly

~Love people, Love God.

RSVP to jpbatista99@yahoo.com

Noivado/ Engaged !!!

Estamos noivos! Kimberly e eu estamos muito felizes e estamos planejando em nos casar dia 27 de junho de 2009, aqui em Athens na Georgia... será um casamento simples, mais mesmo pra família e os amigos mais próximos e é claro que se alguém quiser vir do Brasil está mais do que convidado : ) Orem por nós... valeu!

English

We are engaged! We are very excited and we are planning on getting married on june 27th of this year. Please pray for us... cheers!

Triathlon X-terra

English

Just ran my first Triathlon (X-Terra in Fort Yargo, GA). Awesome experience, much harder than expected, so much fun!!! Highly recomend it!!! Half mile swim, 10.8 mile bike ride (on very hard/technical trail) and 4.5 mile run on the trails...took me 2:58h to finish. I took it easy to enjoy the race and the experience, and I am glad I did because I was dying at the end. Despite some cramps in the first half of the run, I finished strong and had a blast! Lenore Nix did it too and she also finished strong. She did awesome!

Português -

Wooohhhoouuuu!!! Ontem corri no Triatlon X-terra (extreme) e foi muito louco!!! Eu ia lá só pra dar uma força pra Lenore, irmã da Kimberly, mas ai eu pensei, bom já que vou até lá, vou levar a bike e o tenis só pra acompanhar a Lenore e dar uma força... ora se eu for levar todo o equipamento melhor então participar de verdade e correr pra valer. Então na sexta a noite eu peguei a bicleta da filha do meu chefe (Mike) emprestada e fui correr o Triatlon no sábado de manhã! Detalhe, depois de 7.5 horas na quadra, além de organizar as (800) cadeiras na igreja na sexta (só dormi umas 5 horas...).
Mas lá na hora a adrenalina dá aquele gas e foi muito massa! 800 metros nadando no lago, 17.28 Km de mountain bike (numa trilha super difícil), e 7.2 Km de corrida (em trilhas também). No total terminei a prova em 2h e 58 min. Fui bem tranquilo pra curtir a experiencia e também porque eu tava esgotado da sexta-feira puxada. Ainda bem que eu peguei leve... a natação foi moleza, mas a parte da bicicleta foi muito difícil, tive que descer/pular/cair da bicicleta várias vezes pra atravessar obstáculos e súbidas impossíveis (p/ amadores como eu). A corrida pegou geral, nos primeiros 4 kilometros caimbra nas duas pernas! Mas na segunda metade da corrida (depois de muita oração e louvor) a caimbra deu uma melhorado e achei meu rítimo (ainda assim corri bem abaixo do normal). Até que eu cheguei bem, com uma corridinha forte, mas estava muito cansado. Foi muito mais difícil do que eu esperava, mas foi muito legal! Curti de mais! Adorei! Quero fazer outro : ) Muito 10 completar uma prova tão difícil.
A Lenore completou a corrida também. Ela estava super empolgada : ) Depois da corrida descobrimos que a trilha da bike é a segunda trilha mais difícil no estado da Georgia! Tá doido! O próximo eu quero pedalar no asfalto, hehehehe. Mas a trilha foi muito doida e me diverti muito! Só queria que fosse mais curta ; )

Depois da corrida pulei no lago gelado pra dar uma relazada nos músculos, ai que alívio... depois um sanduba de almondegas e muito gatorade : ) Dai passei o resto do dia descando. Pernas muito cansadas e o corpo muito quente do sol e da corrida. Tive que tomar outro banho frio pra refrescar e baixar a temperatura. Experiência nota 10!!