more adventures! yea!

Note how I don't look super short. Have I mentioned that I love brazil!?

So, monday we had a day off and explored rio a bit. We went on a hike and wandered, and such... much fun. We saw monkeys and lizards and an octopus that a crazy guy caught snorkling in filthy water. oh, and today we carved a pumpkin in our english class.. yea again.

weekly update

so, this is the weekly report that we sent to BYU, um, it's a little weird, but hey, i thought i'd post it anyway. Enjoy!

We got back from Sao Paulo on Tuesday morning just in time to sleep for an hour before we taught our class. Our class this week was fun, we had a good group. On Saturday we taught a class in Campo Grande, which is about 1.5 hours away from us. That class was fun too, since it was all members so we could talk about some things that we usually don't bring into our class (like how to use callings in power statements).Today when we went to church two of our non-member students were there visiting the ward, since they have started investigating the church as a result of the class. We are happy about this.Sherry thinks Kali has dengue fever. Kali continues kexplaining to her that part of dengue fever is 'fever' which she does not have. Kali came back from SP with a pretty bad cold, but it is slowly getting better. Today she can talk, which is a good thing since it makes Sherry's life easier when we are teaching. Kali bought a thermometer (to make sure Kali does not have dengue), but Sherry broke it after Kali took took her temperature twice. Okay, sherry didn't really break it, it fell on the floor. Apparently Brazilian mercury is not dangerous. Sherry doesn't really think Kali has dengue, but she tells Kali that she has dengue 20 times a day. Kali thinks it's funny. Kali laughs, but then she coughs. Sherry had a really good experience today. A kid she taught on her mission lives in Rio now, and he came to church with us today. We're going to work on reactivating him. He now has a goal to read 7 chapters in the scriptures this week, and we'll follow up next sunday and see if he did it or not. And we know some people who we think live in his ward, so we're going to make him be friends with them.We also made brownies and banana bread this week. It was very exciting. And Sherry went to the beach. And finished a class. Kali just wasted time being sick. Oh, and she got a sunburn. And lots of borrachulo bites. Burrachudos do not carry dengue. But that was last week. This week Kali is feeling the effects of the sunburn and bugbites. LIFE IS GOOD!!!!We hope your week was exciting as well.

Weekend trip to Sao Paulo!

This is Rocha, me, and Chagas at the Sao Paulo Temple! A great reunion!

This is Rocha and I near her place of living, and below is Chagas near hers.


This here is sunday dinner with Chagas, her fiance, her mom, another missionary from our mission who happens to be in her ward, the missionaries and some members of the ward. A good ol' fashoned Brazilian feast! yum!


Well, this weekend I went to Sao Paulo to Visit a few mission friends... and some of my favorite people in the whole wide world , Rocha and Chagas (well, as they were called in the mission). It was a blast! It's always good to see old friends. We went to the Sao Paulo temple, and explored the city a bit. Mostly it was just fun to see them and get to know their families. Anyway, we took the night bus back and got back home (?) to Rio this morning just in time to sleep for a half hour more and get ready to go teach a new set of students. I think our class today was a lot of fun, but that may be because we were kind of out of it as we taught. meh, mer. oh, and with the help of Rocha, I was able to get in touch with a boy we taught in Joao Pessoa who has since moved to Rio. I'm very excited to see if i can't help re-activate him while i'm here! Anyway, life is good!

yea for Brasil!

By popular demand (blame Elizabeth) i have posted a picture of my iron wounds. Just be glad i'm not posting the close up picture. Again, please don't try this at home.

The time is flying way, way, way too fast!!! What are they to do? Work harder, and play harder.
As for Kali and Sherry, they started teaching a very fun English class called Super Rad English, notice the S.R.E. (initials for Employment Recourse Services in Portuguese) yep. It's pretty cool. The class is for the employees and volunteers at the center to get them to arrive on time, well the volunteers, at 8:00. We do lots of activities, are learning useful skills, a hymn and are focusing on a scripture that our manager wants us all to memorize in English, D&C 4:2.
We absolutely love the manager, Saul, the assistant manager, Carlos, and all around amazing other employee, Maria Jose, who pretty much does everything at the center. Without any of these people our experience would just not be the same. We are already dreading leaving them at the end.
As for our experiences of late, Kali has found much joy in the National Museum. She's pretty much enthralled with everything, literally, very much an anthropologic nerd. it was quite funny.
Sherry, on the other hand, had fun ironing her foot. Don't try this at home, it is painful. Third degree burns hurt.
Together they enjoyed being denied entrance to the national library as apparently you aren’t allowed to bring your own books. Who would have guessed?
Together they learned to do contacts with the help of the great Carlos. Now they "confidently" are able to look for job opportunities to post at the center.
An example of one of these such contacts was today at lunch, when they mistakenly thought the restaurant accepted credit cards, when in fact it only accepted debit. With their wit, beauty, and loose change they managed to talk to the manager and avoid doing dished to pay for their meal.
Kali had an interesting experience as a transvestite commented on her pretty eyes in an enclosed elevator. mrr?
Fortunately both have recovered from their recent unrelated illness are feeling on top of the weather.
On the extra positive side, their current favorite student rang the victory bell this week! The victory bell is a bell with a pleasant chime. As pleasant as the chime is, even more pleasant is the meaning behind it. One of their students from the previous week applied their wise teachings to his job hunt and found work. yea! (Sherry)Woot!( Kali)
As for now, the adventure of Kali and Sherry will continue. What will happen next? Stay tuned.

group 2

Our second group was a blast! Very energetic, yep, what can I say more. They were a whole lot of fun. And... i think they think we're psycho. They wanted to know if all Americans are
like us... how do you respond to that? until next time- Sherry