One week in Brazil

Karis is changing a lot each day! She is grabbing her toes now after she discovered them in the tub last night. The rings on her bouncy seat are no longer just to look at. She pulls the rings to hear the lion roar. Thankfully she is now letting Brasilians hold her and talk in Portuguese... she is even smiling and laughing. She does a lot of scooting and turning back and forth on her sides, but still not rolling over. I think she'll walk before she crawls because she loves to stand up. We hope to take her swimming this week before we move to our new apartment without a pool.

We have met many new friends and were excited to talk with them in Portuguese. Mostly the conversation is limited to name, where they are from (they don't have to ask where we are from), why we are here, where something is, etc.

Sunday night was our first church service. We really love the fellowship and look forward to spending more time with them. PTL a couple of them speak a little English. They also agreed to help us with language and the move! We were greatly encouraged to be with brothers and sisters.

Our favorite place is the sorveteria (ice cream shop). We go there each day to hear and speak. Oh, and eat ice cream. Brasilians love ice cream and I need to embrace the culture so I will love it too. Ha!

School is going good. We have class 3 hours a day. Steven and I are in a class of our own with a professor. Each hour is a different professor and subject. Brasilians love vowels.

Our car made crazy noises yesterday on the way to the doctor (we were meeting a potential doctor for Karis). So our boss brought us a new one while we were there. The gas was almost gone so we stopped to get just enough to get us to dinner and back. We parked at the Churrascaria, ate and loaded Karis up to leave... but the car would not start. After 10 missionaries tried to start the car we ended up pushing it backwards off the hill, putting it in first and finally it started. Steven's first time popping a clutch even though he's drove one for his whole life.

We move to our new apartment this weekend. I'm looking forward to making it our HOME! We haven't lived in one place in so long! Also we found out anything we purchase here can be shipped to our final destination.