May 26th - Wednesday

Today Mike was asked to do some physical labor :) He had to bring big wooden posts to the edge of the farm’s property. This was only 2 and 1/2 miles away, but driving there and back took 1 hour! It was all in first gear, driving through a river, through a valley, ... you get the idea! All in Rick’s truck, so good fun times for Mike. I think the most difficult part was going with a crew that didn’t speak English and Mike trying to give directives. It can get pretty frustrating when you can’t communicate what you want done! I do think he’s learning Portuguese without realizing it tho! he he.

I stayed behind (didn’t think I could be much help lugging those big posts around) and prepared for the orphan program Mike and I are doing on Friday. We will do the story of Noah. I also did coloring for the nurses (again) and spent time with our beautiful baby boy! I took him and Tendai (Rick and Heather’s daughter) for a walk in a wagon, they loved it! I did laundry and cooked some meals ahead of time as the next 2 days will be very busy! I’m learning that sometimes mission just means staying at home and doing the same “mundane” things that we do in Canada! In previous mission’s trips that Mike and I have been on, they were much shorter and we never spent time preparing meals and (as those were always provided), but this is more every day mission life and we love it. We really wanted to experience how it would feel like to be long term missionaries and we’re surely getting a good idea.

Tonight we had supper with Rick and Heather and played some games. It was nice to have some “down time” with them as we have been so busy and haven’t really “hung out” since coming back from our hectic trip up North. It’s amazing all that has happened since coming here. wow.