Brazil Visit 5, Post 13

Not many highlights in the last week. Am staying in the home of a very hospitable family. Weather today was mild, perhaps 70F as opposed to below freezing and snowing in my home city. We went on a "passeio," an outing which took us through the center of the city at the onset of rush hour to sit on a bench by a beach in a lake adjacent to the city, to a meal at a little cafe, and finally our return through the conclusion of rush hour traffic. Supposedly only 30% of Brazilians own cars but there is no shortage of traffic. Yesterday was the general meeting of the church, held at night. Calebe, a friend from former visits, and two of the young guys that he is discipling came to visit. We had good fellowship before he took me to his home. He is newly married and house sitting in the home of another friend. Last night after the meeting we visited the home of a man and his wife who take in abandoned youth through a government program. Currently they have six young boys. While spartan by US standards the house is spacious and has everything necessary for the boys. A different night we visited the 93 year old dad of my hostess. He has a speech impediment which him even more difficult to understand. I still lose at least half of normal conversational speech. Had several days of unidentified illness and finally was able to get the cysts on my scalp removed Saturday morning, a 2 hour process with general anethesia. They seem to be healing well thus far. Unfortunately this resulted in the cancellation of several opportunities to share with different home groups. Coming to the close of my time here. Am scheduled to talk about prayer to a group tomorrow night.