A chegada

I got into Recife this morning after spending the last week in Salvador and Alagoinhas. It was great to see and catch up with old friends! It also gave me a better idea of what it feels like to be a tourist in a foreign country.  The flight to Recife was quick and I spent more time at the airport then on the plane(no offense to my ride). Vivan Fong, a brazilian student, came to pick me and a couple other students up from the airport. I was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, which seemed like ideal apparel for Recife weather, when I learned that we would be going straight from the airport to church... ok.

 It was great to hear church services given in Portuguese! In sacrament meeting I got up and bore my testimony! Picture this: An Unshaven, Poorly Dressed, White boy that can barely speak Portuguese up there talking at the pulpit! Okay, you've probably seen something like that somewhere down the lines. But now imagine a recently arrived immigrant with the same characteristics trying to speak English!  Guess what I talked about? The fact that it's easier to uphold and maintain your standards in Utah then it is in other places. I'm sure my example helped prove this point.....

Sunday Best!!!!

I continued by telling the members that I was grateful for their examples, even if I didn't show it. After church I went to the home of the family which I will be staying in. Their home is the nicest I've ever been in for an extended period of time(as of now, it's been 3 hours). They live in a building overlooking the beach!!! Que coisa boa!!!

     Not that I'm really a beach kinda guy, but who knows in a couple of weeks right? This next time will provide ample opportunities for me to get ear infections and sunburns!

      I'm doing this blog for a class, so I don't know how well it's going to turn out. Still, if you've read this far, that means you've given it a shot! I'll try to get better as time goes on... but no promises. Thanks for reading!!

A Vista - The View

I'm so going out there tomorrow morning!!