Unfortunately, I think I'm now an adult

Happy Blog-iversary to me! It's remarkable how much has changed in exactly one year.  Today marks the day I officially decided to pursue YASC and start this huge adventure.  And today, one year later, I write this from Goiânia, Brazil, which is something I never would have ever foreseen.  In fact, only one YASCer at the time was in Brazil, and from what I could read, her placement was not something I felt called to.  In fact, some aspects of it terrified me, but while I was destined for Brazil, I could never have guessed the specifics and the wonderful people who have already begun welcoming me to life here.  So here are a couple more pictures: The balcony view of Goiânia. The city has about 1.26 million residents I helped Rev. Tati set up the advent decor at her parish I love the smell of new books, but I think I love the smell of new prayer books even more This is some of the first edition of prayer books created in Portuguese for the Anglican chu...

No, it's not the start of a joke, it was the start of my "Thanksgiving" dinner! But I suppose it's best to start more at the beginning. Here are a couple pictures from my travel day: I arrived at the Tampa airport at about 3 pm.  I landed in Brasilia at about 8 am.  That was fun. But the good news was that, while tired, I had just touched down in the largest coffee producing country in the world.  The Bishop brought me back to his home, where I'll be staying for a while (if you would like to send mail, I have an address, so please message or email me).  I got to meet his wife, and we all shared a Brazilian style breakfast.  After putting my things in my room, it was time to get changed.  We headed out to the neighborhood of Pedregal, where I'll be living and teaching eventually, to a family churrasco (barbecue), with a stop to pick up beverages on the way.        The meat gets cut and put on large metal skewers, then put o...