Sadness

One of our missionary colleagues who served in north Brasil (Belém, which is in the state of Pará) passed away last night. Please pray for the family she left behind -- not only her husband and five children (3 college-age boys and 2 pre-teen girls), but also her extended family in the US and her mission family here.

Big Shady is coming into town on Thursday. She leaves Hunts-vegas on Wednesday night and will arrive on Thursday morning. Big Shady and I have had some fun times. There was that incident with the sign and that other incident with a random party that got me labeled shady. By Big Shady's mom. That was embarrassing.

I have been realizing lately how much I miss my best friend. We've been in different cities for 5 years now, but I've missed her more lately. I am ready to run around Rio with Shady. One of the highlights will be her meeting Little Shady, my friend who claims to be "just a little shady."

A New Life

To my more than five, less than ten faithful readers (if you're reading and not commenting, send a comment my way):

As I make the transition from Brasil to the U.S. over the next few months, I will be making a blog transition as well. This site will continue to house goings-on from down here, whereas the new one will house postings and musings from this transition period forward.

The new site is here.