Flight Home

My prayers literally started about 5 months before the actual flight. It wasn't the airplane ride I was so worried about but getting through customs. Every time we are coming or going to Brazil we have problems with customs and passports. I had dreams of me having to stay in Brazil and them never letting me out. Well my prayers were answered and we got through customs and security in record time. I am talking within minutes we were through and on our way. I was shocked and so relieved it all went so well. We hopped on the plane that If I remember right wasn't even running late, our seats were next to each other and we were off. After getting served dinner and watching a few movies the kids were off to sleep and then the plane landed.

J and C getting situated

This was most of our stuff. I think we came home with about 15 containers.

Not counting the bins we had sent home earlier with visitors

M enjoying the securtiy packets placed in the pouches of each seat.

I LOVE this picture of R babe.

Our last day in Brazil part 2

I couldn't forget M's little buddy Leo.

There favorite thing to do was going to McDonald's after school.
Me and Jung. (Leo's mom)
We had the boys take this picture.
This was the best of about 4 or 5 pictures.

C's best buddy Noah. Oh how we all will miss Noah.

C learned some sweet soccer moves from this little guy.

We loved having him live in the building right next to us.

If I could only count the hours these two played soccer together

C's little soccer playing buddies.

Every day at recess they all knew there was going to be a soccer game.

The beautiful scenery of Portal.
This was literally our last few hours in Brazil.
We came home from J's presentation stopped by to get the last minute picture and were off to pack up the taxi's and head to the airport.

Our Last Days in Brazil

Our life in Brazil seems like a dream. We have so many fond memories of Brazil and it is because of the people we met and the experiences we had in the year and a half we were there. Here are a few pictures of some of the people who really had an impact on our lives.

A great picture and memory of the primary children. It was fun learning the songs in Portuguese. I was so proud of my kiddos when they learned there part in Portuguese for the primary program.

Clara, Harper and J. Some friends we looked forward to seeing every Sunday.

Some of the ex-pats who lived in the ward while we were there. I don't know what we would have done without them.
They really made church manageable. Yes I said manageable. Church wasn't something we looked forward too evey week.
We really are so grateful to them for there friendships.

Thomas', Arbuckle's and Vetterli's.







Me, Elaina and Maria.
The primary presidency who always made my kids feel loved and welcome.

The wonderful Costa family.

He was our home teacher and really went out of his way to help us out.

He brought his family with him to home teach us. It was fun to see the kids interact with each other even though they couldn't speak. They made forts and played with cars and had a great time.

Regina and Her Empregada.

R was able to go and sit in while she was being taught the first discussion. Later we were able to attend her baptism and participate in a few family home evenings with her. Her empregada was completely against joining the church and after just a few discussions she was hooked.

What can I say about the Richardson family. We truly love this family, there example and kindness will never be forgotten. They truly impacted thousands of people with there service as mission presidents. I can only hope to be like them one day.

Clara and Adam entertaining our kiddos.

The Scisci family.

(not sure if I spelled there name correctly)

They had us over for dinner the last night in Brazil. Gabriel (there son) was the boys teacher in primary and they loved him. He is serving a mission in Recife, Brazil.

AAAHH Miss Burnquist.

J's 3rd grade teacher.

J loved Miss B. She really has a way of making learning fun.

J and FannLee.

Cute lady who was the 3rd grade class assistant.
J dressed as Sacajawea.

C and Felipe.

C's 1st grade class.

C with his teacher Miss Ubert.

J's 3rd grade class put on a great show of people of the past.

They researched a person and wrote up a report and memorized it.

It was a great show!

M's little buddy Kyle.

They were in the same school at Kinder Kampus.

Our great friends Steph, Mckay and Harper. Steph came down to send us off and entertained the kiddos while finishing up the last minute packing.