Hello all!
Wow, we are finally home and settled in again. What a wonderful month we have had! Going back to mid Oct. with our 2 weeks of wheelchair training, then heading to North Dakota for Logan´s baptism and Janey´s first birthday.... and then Ryan´s arrival and visit in São Paulo. It was so nice seeing so many of you while we were home...it was a special trip! We definitely love our family!
We had fun showing Ryan around. We drove around, showing him where he was born, the temple, the church where he was blessed. We went to Embu for fun shopping, to Pico de Jaragua (the highest peak that overlooks the city), the street market to stock up on fruits and veggies, the bread store and the meat market. We even took him to our grocery store, so he could see that things really are pretty comfortable for us here. He even slept well on our hard guest bed! We went to our ward for church and he was able to meet a few of our friends! Great visit! He was only with us for the weekend so we packed a lot in. We dropped him off at his hotel on Sunday night.
We are back at the office going through our ¨In box¨. Dad is super busy putting out fires!
Monday we got a surprise treat... Elder Rasband was here and met with the people in the Area Office. He opened things up for questions. Some good questions were thrown out. One man (We knew 40 years ago) had lost his handicapped adult son a few months ago and he wanted to know why it had to hurt so much. He and his wife have really been mourning. They received comforting words and reassurances. He basically said we all CHOSE to come to earth, knowing it wasn´t going to be easy and we still came and withTemple ordinances we will always be together. Another question was from a young bishop, the father of 3 young kids who asked how he could do everything he needed to do. ...What was most important. Great advice... his family comes first! Everything else will fall into place. He shook hands with each of us as we left. A nice spirit was there.
Wednesday was Independence day here, so I stayed home to ¨Spring clean!¨ Dad went into the office... he didn´t stay too long because the air was off and the lights wouldn´t stay on! Dad found season 11 of Heartland, sooo we have been enjoying that at night.
Love you all very much...it was so good to see so many of you...just the medicine we needed!
Big Hugs!!
Papa and Gma
"If you want good things in your life, you have to put them there!"
"If you want good things in your life, you have to put them there!"
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| Temple |
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| Here is the view from the peak of the city.... but you kind of have to blow it up to see how massive it is! |
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| The market |
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| Brazilian bidets aren't nearly as fancy as Becky's! |
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