Friday was another blue sky day and it was warmer. I could actually be outside with short sleeves. This morning I met with Luis, he is the pastor who lives in Rio and we will be staying at his home. His wife and 2 children will stay at his mother-in-law's home. He said she lives alone and likes it when she and the 2 children stay there. He said he would have to rent a car as his only seats 5. I told him that would be a good idea as not only would there be 7 people in the car but we had luggage. His eyes got big as I think he forgot about the luggage. I hope we make the connection ok with him. He said he would meet us by the exit doors. He said it is a very large airport. One thing I will try to do is see if United Airlines will (have room and not raise the price price too high) be able to get us on a flight Fri night instead of Sun night. When we made the airline reservations they jacked the price high as we would arrive on July 4th a holiday. They said fly back on Sun and price was lower... so we booked it that way. I'm hoping that United Air will let us change without raising the price too much. Pray they will be flexible with us. Friday afternoon a Christian couple living here for a couple of months, invited us to see their home they are building. They have been building it for about 16 months and hope to be in it in August. It was in a gated community that was beautiful. They use a lot of cement here and little wood because of termites. I don't think Orkin or Terminex could stay in business. The house was 440 square meters (I think that is about 4,000 square feet... help me math majors... Dave C and Karen M). It was a great house with a wonderful view of a small lake and an excellent design. Not many Brazilians can build a home like it. Friday evening we went to Kevin and Karla's home to use an International Phone. Rebekah called our neice, Julane Foster, who by the time you read this will be Julane McCarrell. She is marrying Jonathan McCarrell an excellent young man. His father is Rich McCarrell... who married Rebekah and I. Pray for them as they begin their journey together. Friday night saw a large group of people coming in for the weekend. It will be ok as we can use the playground to occupy the children. Wellington is working very hard to learn English and Lidiane will start to work more if she feels Wellington may be learning more than her... a little competitiveness never hurts. I have been writing this post since Fri night. I'll put this up and then start on Saturday's. There's too much for one post.