First Portuguese Lesson

I just got done with my first Portuguese lesson. Well, ok...my first informal Portuguese lesson. I met a girl (she works at the bakery where we go on the corner...her family owns it, her aunt owns the little store 2 doors down, and then her house is right by the store) the first morning we were here. Her name is Magali and she is super cute. I was attempting to talk to her and Joel told her that I didn't know Portuguese and was starting to learn. She told me that I could come to the bakery anytime and talk to her...she could work on her English and I could learn Portuguese. Well, yesterday I took her up on it for real. I asked her when a good time would be to come and we set up a time for me to actually go to her house after she got off for the afternoon. So, today went great and we will meet again tomorrow afternoon. I really learned alot in just 2 hours and surprised myself with how much I could communicate. Of course it helps when people know a tiny bit of English so when you are missing a word and you can't act it out, they can come up with it. :)

We went to a couple's house for lunch today. They have been working with Asas since 1989. They are an MAF couple...MAF Canada actually and have been with them for 39 years. They will be leaving Brasil in August going back to Canada. They will still be working with MAF. They will be based out of Canada, but will be partnering with some people in Angola. They met these Angolan people here in Brasil...three Angolans came to Asas de Socorro to train and are now going back to Angola to "evangelize." Something we feel very strongly about (and is more the trend now across the board) is that who better to reach people than their own people? For instance, that is one of the reasons we love Asas de Socorro so much...the Brazilians are reaching and helping Brazilians...it's a Brazilian run mission organization. Who knows the people and culture better than the Brazilians themselves. Anyway...we are very excited for Neal and Meredith and their adventures to come in Angola (where they speak Portuguese by the way...that's handy).

Things here continue to go well. We went and did some more shopping yesterday. We haven't been able to find and buy all that we need, but are doing it just a tiny bit at a time. It's not like they have huge mega-stores on every corner around here. So, it's going to take some time. Add to that the facts that we don't have a car and I can't speak their language in the stores they do have. It's ok...we won't be moving to the house we will be living in until mid-July anyway, so we will better be able to furnish then when we know exactly what we need.

Thanks for your continued prayers for us...they have paved the way for things to go extremely smoothly. We are still in need of a vehicle, so just continue to ask for that to be made clear and for the doors to be opened for us to get some wheels.

Thanks!! Love y'all and miss you all. Muah!!