A Fantastic Month!

The orders have been coming in and I have been so blessed to have so much support from my community! As of today, I've raised $651.00 (minus expenses of baking). I've spent all day today baking my heart out!! Five non-stop hours, in fact! It has been amazing to see how many people want to order Brazil Bread! I really want to thank my mom who has been helping me with everything and my dad who has delivered some and taken me to the store. I couldn't have done it without them. My dad always asks me if I've "had any flops." That's because if a loaf doesn't turn out right, he gets to eat it! Sometimes I think he wants me to have flops! I've only had two, and if I had many more I'm afraid he's going to get fat.

Wow! What a week!

Whew, it has been a busy week! I've made, sold, and delivered over 50 loaves of bread since my last post! Here are some pictures.




Here's where channel 6 came to shoot their story! It was so fun!









Here's my friend Annie Grace helping me! We spent most of the day baking bread with my mom and grandmother. Annie was a big help! Thank you so much Annie!!!







Here are some of the finished loaves after cooling, ready for delivery!!!

Brazil Bread Hits the News!

Wow! It has been a crazy last two days! Yesterday WATE Channel 6 News came and then broadcasted the story about Brazil Bread!
Orders started coming in!
Here's the story and the video.

Then today WVLT Channel 8 News came by. They even BOUGHT a loaf of monkey bread from me and ate it on TV!!! It was soooo funny!! I can't believe how much time they spent talking about Brazil Bread!!! Here's the story and the video.

I'm so thankful to live in a city that has media that cares about stories like mine!!! It was great to meet Erica Estep and Whitney Kent!!!

Memories from our last trip to Brazil

When I was 8, we went to Brazil on a mission trip. It was my first international trip and my first time on a plane. It was for the purpose of helping the new church (that our church had planted) have a children's ministry. While we were there we visited the favela (slum) where some of their members lived. It broke my heart. Every day I had played with some of the kids who lived there and did not know that they were so poor.








That's why on this next trip we are going to be going to reach out to more of the poor children in the favela.


Above is the church that Providence planted. What's crazy is that they now have almost 2000 people! They're bigger than Providence!!
Below is my first taste of real coconut!!

Mmmmm!

I think this cinnamon Sugar Loaf is a go! Daddy seems to like it...a lot!











He said it tastes just like the cinnamon coffee cake at Starbucks.

The bread just came out of the oven! It looks delicious! I can't wait to try it.

I'm trying a recipe now!

I just mixed up a sugar loaf bread! It's in the oven and it smells great! I can't wait to taste it!

I'm Deciding on Recipes!!

I spent some time tonight looking for recipes! There are three kinds of bread I've chosen to bake and sell.
Sugar Loaf Bread is a cinnamon sugar bread named after a well-known landmark in Rio de Janeiro, Sugar Loaf Mountain.
Banana Bread is good! My mom has a great recipe that I will steal from her! Bananas are plentiful in Brazil!
Monkeys are everywhere in Brazil! Sometimes they get into trouble! I have my own Monkey Bread recipe that my dad loves!

I'm still trying to get in touch with Polly (she goes to our church and is from Brazil) who might be able to help me on the first recipe!

I hope I'll be able to test some out this weekend! Stay tuned!

Welcome to my Brazil Bread Blog!

So we were eating dinner as a family talking about how we are going to Brazil together for a mission trip. My brother is seventeen and has a job. My sister turns 16 soon and babysits for people. I asked my mom and dad, "What can I do to help raise money for our trip?" So we started thinking. Sell lemonade? Too cold. "What do you like to do?" My dad asked. I said I like to sing, but I don't think anyone will pay to hear me! He said, "What do people want at school that you could keep and sell for a profit?" I thought gum might be good, but right now they're really cracking on gum-chewing at the middle school!
Then I thought, "I like to bake!" So after talking, an idea was born! I'll call Polly (a friend from Brazil) and research, make, and try some different recipes, and then sell Brazil Bread!