Today the team took all 40 children (with the exception of 3) on a two hour greyhound bus ride to Joao Pessoa where the children got to swim at the beach for the very first time.  None of the children had ever ridden on a bus before and the large majority had never even seen a beach.  Unfortunately, some of them didn't handle the bus too well and lost their breakfast on the way.  (That wasn't the best part of the trip.)  What was awesome was to watch them play and swim and have the time of their lives.  Thanks so much for supporting MAD, today we all made a real difference.  This is a day these children will never ever forget and it is all because of people like you who give to MAD.  The team and children had lunch at a little restaurant on the beach and then swam some more.   The ride home was wonderful and the kids were just great.

One casualty from the trip was David's glasses.  He turned to run from a wave and lost his glasses to the ocean.  They were never to be found.  Keep him in your prayers as there is still a lot of trip left to be without your glasses.