just a quick saturday night update…

Has it already been a week since my last post? I guess time flies here in Rio, too! While I have settled in well these first ten days, my stomach wasn’t as cooperative earlier this week. I was out of action for a couple of days recovering from some stomach bug. But, all is well now! I’m back in the game. The last few days have included a few Portuguese lessons, a couple of visits with the youth on the streets, visiting a home for children, and serving dinner to homeless men with Missionaries of Charity. Next week will be more of the same. Then I will flesh out more of a weekly routine here.

Tonight I went to dinner with Ben, enjoyed a tasty Acai smoothy (made with a berry grown in the Brazilian Amazon), and watched a few episodes of the Simpsons on DVD(another opportunity to practice language with the Portuguese subtitles). Tomorrow I plan to visit the beach for the first time…then church tomorrow night. They have morning and evening services here. Church goes pretty long, so we will just pick one service tomorrow!

Now I am off to study some Portuguese before bed and pray that it absorbs deeper into my head as I sleep!