The Big Rock

    I realize it has been quite a while since I have posted anything and I'm pretty sure that most of you are just sitting there waiting anxiously to hear from me. So I thought I should make a new post. This past weekend my roommate Jon and I went hiking with the students at the seminary here. Unlike most normal hikes, we hiked at night starting at midnight and hiking straight through the night. It was an awesome time and I took a lot of pictures so here they are for you to enjoy!

Backing my new pack for its maiden voyage

New french press ready to go

Some flowers on top

A gap between to boulders

The sun starting to clear the clouds

The very top

The top from down below

The beginning of the long way down.

So beautiful

The top from a distance

A picture over one of the steep edes

I laid down at the edge to take this. Its literally a 100+ foot drop.

The trail was really hard sometimes

Jon being a MAN

I was pumped. Except for the huge spiders.

The trail went through some really thick areas.

Crazy washouts.

Roughly 4 feet deep

Nice view

Me at the top. The wind was super strong.

     Well there you have it. An update on my life. One of the cool things I got to do. Otherwise, I'm still working hard here learning my purtugues and learning to fit it. Its getting a lot better! I'm making friends and I'm able to communicate with them a little better then before. If you want to ask me questions or just talk, I'm on facebook and here's my email! thechris16@gmail.com

São Paulo

   I know its been a few weeks since I've updated. I'm sorry about that! Here are some pictures for you to enjoy. This last weekend I was in São Paulo staying with some friends. I'm not a city person but I still enjoyed it. Here are some pictures for you to enjoy.

Breakfast

Somebody had a sweet garden on their roof.

A nice park

A cool street only people could walk on. No cars.

Massive cathedral

                 Now this was interesting. You had to pay to have a candle lit for someone, but it wasn't a real candle. It was an electronic candle thing, and it was like a vending machine. You put some money in and a candle turned on.

View from our apartment.

The very center of the city.

A messy fun time with the kids this week.

    So there's a bunch of pictures from my life. It looks like I'm having tons of fun, and I do have fun a lot. But living here has not been easy, its actually really hard a lot of the time. First, learning the language has been frustrating because I like to talk to people and make new friends. Thats hard to do when you can't speak the language very well. Another thing I'm struggling with is going from being completely independent in the States to being completely dependent here. That is really hard for me. You can be praying for me in those two areas.

The Great Food Post

   So I realized I do a lot of eating down here. Not only do I eat a lot, I have a lot of pictures of food. So i figured I should make a post about it. So enjoy the great food post.

Eating at a little shop in Atibaia

Eating from a street vendor. Don't be deceived by the face, it was amazing.

Brazilian Pizza

Some weird juice. It was good.

Out for breakfast.

Taco night.

Eating mini pizzas with the kids.

Some sort of white-sauce ground beef thing I invented.

The delicious egg, cheeseburger, hotdog, ham, and cheese sandwhich.

Pictures of my life.

    It's been a little while since I've posted anything. This is not because I have nothing to post about, its just sometimes its hard to make the time to post it. Next week I plan on writing an update letter. For now I'll just post a few pics that you can enjoy.

People donate a lot of stuff. So sometimes we have a Bazaar to get rid of it.

Jon and I like to take it easy sometimes.

We are learning to cook.

We're pretty good.

Just enjoying the sunshine.

There are some big creature here.

Atibaia and around

So in the last few days we have been here, I've taken a few pictures of where we live. The town pictures are from the town of Atibaia. We do not live in town but about 5 minutes away. Enjoy and try not to drool on your computer.  

A street in Atibaia

Part of the Garden where we live

A small meat shop in town

Part of the main road on campus

A Beautiful view

The super market we bought our groceries at

  

My home!

Hello everyone! This is my new home in Brazil. Jonathan O'Brien and I made a video of our place. So you can imagine where I live when I tell stories about it. Jonathan is down here doing the same thing as I am. We were roommates at Word of Life last year. So I hope you enjoy!

NYC and Visa

   This week I went to NYC to apply for my visa. This is the first time I've been to the city and been able to just walk around and enjoy it. Jonathan O'brien is going with me to Brazil and we took the train down from his house into the city. Here are some pictures I snapped while we were there. I forgot my good camera so there's not as many as I had hoped and they're not as high quality.

Jon and I checking out Bryant Park

We watched people fall on the ice for a while. It was hilarious.

Central park and the city

Central Park was nice. Also very cold.

We went to the Apple store on 5th Ave. It is all underground.

Tired after a long day.

I could pass as a city man

      So it even though it was only 15 degrees out at the warmest part of the day, we had a pretty good time in the city. I have to go back on the 4th to pick up my visa.