Surprise!

I didn't think I would get a chance to post before I got home, but wild horses couldn't keep me away-hahaha. (I keep messing up on this stupid American keyboard-ha.) Well, yesterday goes down in my top 5 saddest days. It was terrible saying goodbye to people that I have no idea when I will see again. Of course I cried...a lot. Who was I kidding pretending that I might not? We had great pasta lunch after worship, and then headed to the airport. Quite a few people came, which made it that much harder to leave. It was past time for us to go back, but Dayanne and Pietro still had not shown up and I was getting really nervous. Just in time, they walked up and we were able to hug them to pieces one more time.

Sweet little Flavihno


Me and my bicho (bee-shoo) He refused to smile, because he said he was too sad :(

Us with some of the people who came to say goodbye.


My last view before I walked through security

As we were getting ready to leave Sao Paulo, we had to go through one last security check. That is when we realized that mine and Jarrod's visas were, in fact, not ok. After our last attempt at explaining anything in Portuguese or "slow" English, we were free to leave the country. Should we decide to come back to Brazil...ever, we have to pay a fine :( William, however, does not.

Our last Brazilian sunset, from the plane.

The flights were great. No problems at all. We were met in Dallas by an LST rep, who brought to our fabulous hotel! The first thing we did was brush our teeth! It's weird to be back in the States. As we had assumed, we wish we couldn't understand EVERYone on their cell phones in the airport! It's also really hot here in Dallas, but almost no humidity so it feels great. I had to wear a sweater to dinner. We also got as many free refills on water as we wanted. We ran into one of the teams who just got back from Moscow. It will be interesting to hear more about their trip. We will head to Memphis after our end-meeting tomorrow night. I can't wait to see you all!