Kodak Moments and Teeny Tiny Airports

Campbell soup - exotic and expensive?!?! It's true, here anyway! Here's us in the imports aisle at a grocery store in town. We happened to have our camera with us and I couldn't resist taking a picture to show you Campbell's soup, bbq sauce, Tabasco, and refried beans grouped together in a display of expensive, imported food. One can of the soup is about $3.50!

You can see the sign behind Jeyson advertising "Imported Products"

Continuing on with interesting pictures this week...

We passed this motorcycle that was modified for handicapped needs - notice the two back wheels since the driver cannot put his feet down to stabilize the bike at a traffic light. And, when we looked closer we found this watermelon on board!
And a shop located on the highway that makes chairs and flip flops from tires. If you click on the picture you can see the white sign says "Boi" and a phone number. "Boi" is the word for a steer, so we realized the sign is saying that the huge steer is for sale at that number!

Well, on a more serious note, there's lots going on here. This past week brought our 4-week couples Bible study book to an end. The time went so fast and it was so rewarding! The exciting news though, is that everyone enjoyed the study so much they asked us to order another book from the series to continue meeting together. While we are waiting for the next book to arrive, this week just had a fun time having a barbecue. This time the barbecue was American style with hamburgers and potato salad and everyone enjoyed it.

Also, this week coming up would be the end of my 8 week English conversation group and Bible study. However, the same thing happened with this group - everyone wants to continue! So, like the couples group, we're going to continue and start up another mini semester as soon as this one finishes. It is so encouraging to see people so interested and asking to continue on. Also, it was a huge encouragement that one student even brought up that the Bible study is her favorite part! It is neat to see God working!

Meanwhile, Jeyson has been very busy flying lately and we're exciting that he is moving forward in this process. Today he went on a navigation flight, adding to the 50 navigational hours he needs. He went with our Argentinian friend, Andres, as the copilot and I tagged along in the backseat. Here are some pictures.

Above is us passing over the large city of Goiania, an hour away by car.

This is where we landed first - it was such a tiny airport! Just a runway, bathrooms, and ...caretaker's house. When we first arrived there were 4 young kids from the family playing in the yard

and even swinging from the tire swing.

The family pets even came out to great us! Not exactly Newark airport, to say the least!

Studying the map for the next leg of the trip.

And here's the second airport we stopped in - it also was so tiny!

It was a long day making these flights, but great, necessary training for Jeyson to become more comfortable making navigational trip.

On another note, this past weekend we decided to take a little trip (by car) and spend the weekend at Jeyson's parents farm, since it has been a while since we last visit. It is such a relaxing place and full of life. One of most interesting things is trying all kinds of new fruits and seeing how others (that I already know) are grown.

Cashew nuts (above) are grown as part of a soft fruit. It is ripe when the fruit is red. Interestingly, usually the cashew nut is discarded and just the fruit is eaten here because the outer skin of the nut has some sort of toxins which burn your mouth and even skin if you touch it. Above is a pitanga, a small fruit similar in texture to a cherry but with a completely different taste. This was my first time trying it and it was great -one of my favorites now!
I had never seen a pineapple growing before and thought it was so interesting!
And some mangoes still on the tree ripening. The Braun's have several mango trees and each is FILLED with fruit. In the past they've have so many that, after giving them away to friends, making jelly, etc, the cows got to feast on the leftovers. Imagine that in the States when they usually cost over $1 each!
And while I'm at it, I guess I will also post some pictures of the new animals born at the Braun's farm. Since here the seasons are reversed, it is just becoming Spring so there is lots of new life. I didn't grow up around a farm, so for me it was such a fun experience!

Bobby the dog
And the cutest baby gosling!

And a lamb
Tomorrow (Saturday) we are headed with Asas back to the dump in Brasilia to do work along with the churches on a medical/dental/evangelistic outreach. We will be working with the teens again and would really appreciate your prayer support!