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... while to take some pictures. (Olinda is a historic city that is full of old buildings and some very old churches) After that I was dead tired and wanted to sleep. I made my way back to the hostel by going out of my way to the water front. When I finally got back, I lay down in a hammock and tried to take a nap. It was too hot. So, I headed back out for a long walk and took pictures of the city and other random ...

... drama! Also, its not as if we´re not totally upfront about everything, its a small town, you can´t get away with anything here. I experimented one day and told one person a bit of information and three days later someone else not connected to that person repeated the information back to a friend of mine here, explaining my situation on my behalf. You can´t do anythign here without it being public business!. Also, with Loi you can´t walk five minutes without someone knowing ...

The Belgian lady I met on the bus to Recife told me that Recife is even more dangerous than Rio De Janeiro and there are 100 murders a day! Good I didnt plan to stay there, I am just staying there a copple of hours and then my bus leaves for Salvador. I put my luggage in left luggage at the busstation and took the metro into the city. Everywhere you could see it is Carnival soon. There are a lot of churches in Recife.

... to pay for my stay (she owes me dosh anyway from her first day, so it was kind of poetic to get her to pay for my last day) LOL Anyways I set foot in Olinda and caught up with Loy who had gone to the hotel about three times already so excited by my visit. What a difference it makes to meet up with someone you know and love... What I had expected of Flaviano I got from Loy (Carlos). We walked together through the ...

... up hanging out with the others until about 4. A good last night. Woke up this morning at about 8, showered and got everything packed. Also ran to the nearby drugstore to grab some sunscreen, as I figured it would be crazy expensive in a city by the beach. Heck, it was expensive enough in Sao Paulo. Who ever thought I would have to pay $15 for sunscreen. And I bought the cheapest that was there. Left for the airport at about 9:15, after saying my ...

Jazzie and I moved to Poussada d´Olinda yesterday with Odara. Odara and Santiago have been two very kind people to me, translating, helping me with Portuguese. Odara is Brazilian from Fortaleza and Santiago is Argentinian. They met travelling two years ago and have kept up a travel friendship/romance. They had just returned from the Amazon to join us for Carnaval. Santiago had to leave to go back to work so we got Odara for the day, and part of today and ...

Goodness, what day is it? Yesterday was the first day of Carnaval, Iemanja´s day and crazy wonderful. My brain has exploded and without it I´m doing just fine. I´m now staying at Alana´s house. There´s about 13 of us in this small but charming flat on Rua de Homen de Meio Noite (the street of the man of midnight). Since I last wrote here, I had a private lesson with Nei, on Friday (1st) in the am, and got some one on one training on the more technical aspects of ...

... O fato da UFPE estar em aulas durante este mês contribuiu para nossa escolha. Que Avaliação vocês fazem do Projeto? Preparar um projeto como esse é bastante trabalhoso. Foram muitas horas de oração e planejamento, antes mesmo de chegar ao Recife. Mas Deus, cuidou de todos os detalhes e, por isso, foi possível alcançar nossos objetivos. Os participantes cresceram em caráter e foram treinados em habilidades ...

... juntos para um tempo de louvor, oração e reflexão. Depois mais um tempo de reflexão e oração, dessa vez em particular, o que chamamos de tempo a sós com Deus. Então vinham os treinamentos e evangelismo no campus, os encontros para edificar novos cristãos, os tempos de descanso e estudo e as diversas programações noturnas, como desenvolvimento de habilidades ministeriais, pequenos grupos de discipulado, reuniões de oração e visitas a algumas igrejas. Para recarregar as ...

... top of us. we realized it would not be a quick one, attempted to waterproof the backpack and set out on a very strange, stormy trek back. when sarah realized her hands were blue, everyone just gave up and got in the waves to ride the current back home. the waves were the biggest waves we've ever seen. some 10-15 feet. holy sea horses! got back to recife and passed out. hard. and now were on our way to olinda, an old colonial town 30 minutes outside of the city. lovely just lovely.