- You have pizza with onions, peppers, ham, and hard boiled eggs on it for dinner
- You go to your local bakery and at the checkout realize you forgot to put Brazilian Reais in your wallet and the cashier/owner says not to worry, you can stop by and pay tomorrow.
- It has been raining or drizzling non-stop since you arrived 2 1/2 days ago
- You swerve around potholes that could swallow your car whole!
- You hug and kiss everyone you see again...including your child's pediatrician
- You have to stop by three different stores in order to cross every item off your grocery list
We're here and settling in. It is wonderful to be back, but yet at the same time so strange and different. There are so many things to readjust to, from speaking Portuguese to driving stick shift, to constantly mopping up your floors since they get so muddy in rainy season. I feel like a clumsy kid as I remember everything! The highlight has been seeing our friends and coworkers again...oh and sleeping in OUR bed :) Even though Brazil is a much harder place to live in than the US conveniences-wise, we have a strong sense of joy being here, knowing this is exactly where God wants us.
It is really good to be home!
Stay tuned as tomorrow we meet with the leaders of our mission to nail down some details of our new upcoming assignment!
3 comments:
Loved reading this post! Hugs! Thanks for loving and serving our Jesus well by loving and serving His people!
The pothole comment definitely made laugh. I definitely do not miss that about Ecuador!
The thought of kissing the dr is soooooo weird to me! As is the egg pizza topping!
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