Here's a few errand obstacles we ran into:
- We had several thank you notes to send to the States. Since we no longer live close to a post office (where I used to walk when I had letters to mail) we decided to buy a bunch of international stamps to have them on hand and make this process easier. During our lunch break we made what we thought would be a simple trip to buy stamps at the post office, and after waiting in line we were informed that the post office was out of stamps! Ha! Who knew a post office could run out of stamps!
- Then we made a quick trip over to our local butcher shop to buy several packages of chicken for a bbq we had planned - only to discover they only had 1 small pack of chicken in stock! (We bought and wound up picking up the rest somewhere else)
- Then, came an important errand. Since we moved houses, by law as a foreigner I am required to give the new address to the federal police within 30 days. The deadline we coming up so Jeyson asked to get off a little early for lunch on Friday so we could get this done. We arrived there ready to get this taken care of, only to discover that the whole police department that deals with foreigners had changed their office hours only open in the afternoons!
- So, by that point it wasn't worth driving back to Asas since it was only a few minutes before the lunch break, we decided to make one more quick stop that we had to do anyway - pick up forms to pay our Brazilian taxes. Taxes are due in about a month so, we drove past the IRS equivlent building and I ran in to get the form, only to discover that NO forms are available yet and the government worker didn't know when they will be!
At this point we really had to laugh and remember the key word of living in another country (or even in your own!)....FLEXIBILITY!
Well, on a totally different subject, Jeyson has been working on a unique project at Asas when the "normal" projects are done. One of the leaders asked him to fix a special board on wheels that the mechanics lay on when working under the airplanes. He wound up pretty much rebuilding the whole thing and enjoyed the creativity involved so much that he started on another project, the stool on wheels below to work on planes. Knowing that a lot of times while working the planes tools wind up all over the floor, he built it with a shelf with a ledge underneigth to hold the tools while working.
The picture really doesn't do it justice to show how much thought and work went into it. Each board is nicely varnished and Jeyson welded the frame together...something he didn't mind doing at all since it is one of his favorite things to do (or read about or watch youtube videos about in order to improve). Great job, Jeyson!
And now for some pictures of some of our "co-workers" at Asas, since there are many that have never appeared on our blog yet. This week one missionary couple's son had a birthday party so I was able to take some pictures.Below left to right: Leandro who is going through mechanics training and girlfriend, Vanessa who is a volunteer in the mission; Lauro and Rose (who you have met on our blog before); the birthday boy, Daniel; Jeferson, who just joined Asas after studying 4 years in a nearby Bible school to meet the Bible training qualification with the mission; Sara, who works with the medical outreach area of the mission; Camila, who know you well from our blog; and Milena who is the mother of the birthday boy and the wife of one of the men in mechanics training.
You also know Andres well from our blog and on the right is Bruno, who just arrived this year. We were so glad to have the chance to have him over and get to know him this weekend with some other of the young missionaries who were in town.
The birthday boy was a little camera shy....
Until later when he was so proud to be drinking mate - the traditional Brazilian tea drink, which you've probably seen before on our blog.
It was such a sweet time to celebrate with this family who left so much to follow God's leading in their lives.
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