When we got here we met the Jackson's who were friends from way back. She used to baby sit for us in Virginia. He is just finishing his 3 years a a mission president. A rheumatologist from the UofU.

living room

office

bed room

some old bald guy in the study

maid's quarters

Here are some pictures of our apartment, not nearly as bad as we had expected. We though like Haiti.

view from living room window

view of the temple night from our apartment

another view from our window


We went on a day trip with several of the missionary couples one Saturday and rode a train to a
small town and then went to supposedly the largest mall in the world. I has the largest food court that is for sure.

Inside the old car we rode in

The real steam engine, smoke and all

ON the way back 4 musicians came into the car and played old brazilian folk songs taht everybody knew except us americans.

Grandma's knee is still giving her lots of trouble and she stays home most days, not walking. We finally have an office in the "alojamento" kind of like a motel where temple patrons from out of town come and stay for affordable prices. They converted on single room for us.

The food court in this mall. 500 feet long about 40 food vendors around the court.

Lofamento office, now air conditioned