Well I made it safe and sound to Brasil–although tired. The flight was pretty long and I didn’t get much sleep (over 21 hours in transit). My last connection was pretty tight — I was the second to last person on the bus to go out to the airplane. It is always interesting to note human nature. On the flight from New York to Sao Paulo there was a guy who was having significant health problems – it seemed like panic attacks and he was put on oxygen a few times — meanwhile in the row behind him people were sound asleep.
It is always great to see friends again and to catch up with changes and things that are happening here. I met a guy who is here at the school who is from Paraguay — it was fun to speak a little Guarani again. Then I saw another guy who had been in Peru so I got to speak some Spanish, and ran into an American so spoke some English — in one day I got to use all four languages! That doesn’t happen very often.
It is great to be a part of the global family of God and know that we are connected world-wide!
Interesting about getting to use all your languages in one day… Praying for you….for good health & rest….for clarity in speaking….and that you’ll be a blessing to all you come in contact with.
I learned the value of speaking in English occassionaly. I had a very tight connection in Sao Paulo and didn’t have time to stand in line so I found some people from the airline I was with and went directly to them and asked in English where I could drop my luggage that was in connection. They looked at my boarding pass and took care of it and I was on my way!
Praying for you, brother. 1Th.1:5.