Barrio Campo Alegre

Our neigbourhood (or Barrio) is called Campo Alegre. Now I have mentioned before that it is the old Red Light District. Now, we have been told on many occasions that our neighbourhood is dangerous. We just laughed it off as people not really knowing or going on hear-say. That may well be true - but then again...! It has been bought to our attention this week just what people think. Yesterday Kike came round and we were all going to go to church together after watching a movie. I suggested going in my car and leaving his at the house til afterwards...however...he refused to leave his car outside our house with no-one there! He didn't feel safe enough leaving it there! I leave mine here all the time!! Then, later that evening at church ,Adony was teasing me saying he was going to come and scare me over Christmas when Amanda is back in Canada, by breaking in and making me jump..blah blah...(he would never do it - just teasing)..then...he said he wouldn't dare break into our house because he would get attacked doing it! Didn't feel safe enough in our neighbourhood to do it!! Great!! Basically, a whole load of people winding us up about where we live, the cemetery etc! We still feel safe enough here. The druggy men across the road leave us alone now. Keeps everyone else amused apparently.

My favourite neighbour is the man around the corner, he is a young man, wears a woolly hat and sits outside his house on the corner on a plastic chair. He is ALWAYS there. Whatever time of day or night I pass he is sat out there on his plastic chair! Amanda and I are going to start a count of how often he is there. It's hilarious -he clearly doesn't work!

So feel free to pray for us here.