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Denise
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Posted: 20 August 2006 at 13:37

Christine, who is the reverend there?

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brasili-cana
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Posted: 21 August 2006 at 23:09

Hi, Denise.

I work for the overall Methodist Church, not a specific congregation, but the Methodist Foundation in Belo Horizonte is run by a misssionary named Gordon Greathouse.

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Posted: 22 August 2006 at 12:54

Ok, thanks. One of the reverends in BH was an assistant at my church in SP, and worked at favela do Heliópolis too.

I found this article about volunteering interesting, not sure if info is up to date.

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0605/ volunteer_work_in_brazil.shtml

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Posted: 30 August 2006 at 20:55

Hi all,

Newbie here. I will be moving to BH in December. I am currently visiting for a
month to look for places to rent. Anyone have any advice of finding rental
property? I would like to find a house but there are not many on the market.

Any gringo meets in the future for BH?

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Posted: 16 November 2006 at 00:46

Hi, Landon.

Sorry for the delay. For the rentals, but you could try looking in the online classifieds of the local newspapers if you or someone around you reads Portuguese (look under imóveis aluguel)

http://www.melhorpravender.com.br/multiclassificado/home/hom e.jsp
http://www.primeiramao.com.br/mg/pg.asp?area=12

We are also going to try to start a monthly gathering for English-speaking ex-pats in Belo Horizonte--First Fridays. The first Friday of every month we'll meet at the Café 3 Corações (Avenida Cristóvão Colombo, 152 in Savassi) at 19:00, starting on Friday, 1 December 2006.

Good luck and welcome!

Christine

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Denise
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Posted: 21 November 2006 at 11:43

Originally posted by brasili-cana

We are also going to try to start a monthly gathering for English-speaking ex-pats in Belo Horizonte--First Fridays. The first Friday of every month we'll meet at the Café 3 Corações (Avenida Cristóvão Colombo, 152 in Savassi) at 19:00, starting on Friday, 1 December 2006.

Christine, you can write Gringoes editor for a small note on the Newsletter!

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Posted: 21 November 2006 at 12:14

Originally posted by Nancy

Denise,

I'm not really sure. I am a teacher (primary school and music) in Canada so maybe somewhere that could use those skills. I'm here accompanying my spouse who is working in Brasil so am basically looking for something to do here. I don't have a work permit/visa.

This might be a little too late... but are you looking *just* for volunteer work or for an actual job too? It couldn't hurt to look into EABH (Escola Americana de Belo Horizonte). I'm not sure how often they need new teachers, though... EABH is a nice little school... tiny, absolutely tiny, but nice :)

~Mary*Anne~
Make a positive change in the world and then Take It Global.

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Posted: 21 November 2006 at 13:57

Christine,

Good to hear about the meet up. I'll miss the first one. I am not moving there till the 14th of December. I did find a nice apartment close to Savassi. Now all I need to do is buy a car.

Landon

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Posted: 29 November 2006 at 23:12

NEW LOCATION!!
**Café 3 Corações is closed so the group will meet at Livraria e Café da Travessa (Av. Getulio Vargas, 1405 in Savassi).**

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Posted: 29 November 2006 at 23:18

Just to echo Denise's comment, we can advertise any meet up on both the site and the email newsletter. Either let me know here, or drop an email with the details to gringoes@gringoes.com.

A lot more people are reading the main site and the newsletter than the forum.

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