mini adventure

A few weeks ago we got word that a good friend of our from DTS was leading a team from his church to Sao Paulo. so naturally we began to plan of a way to visit him. :D Me Dawn and Cornelia were determined to make it happen even after we found out he was 2.5 hours away across this gigantic city. The other day we sat down and google mapped EVERYTHING finding out when the buses come, how long we are on each bus, how the metro works, how to fill up and put money on our metro cards, which house number we would have to get off the bus at and all that crazy legistics stuff. We even wrote down some phrases in Portuguese saying "is this the right bus" and "Can you tell us when to get off the bus" ect.. haha So Saturday we began our journey with snacks, maps, camera, and water bottles in hand :) We were so excited to conquer this city and only slightly nervous not knowing the public transit system so well and not having a guide/translater with us (no worries, we prayed hard core the day before haha). And God TOTALLY led our way. On each bus we had someone sweet that was willing to help us out and tell us when to get off and only once did we have to chase down a bus every other time the bus was RIGHT there when we needed it, seriously it was crazy. We would get off one bus and our next bus would be the next one that came up or we would get our metro ticket run downstairs and our subway would be right there to hop on haha. Travel went so smooth and we felt so legit traveling across the city using 2 metros and SEVEN buses in all. After the last bus let us off and before we walked to the church Jonathan was staying at we blew up some balloons and wrote little notes because his birthday had been on Wednesday. It was such a blast to spend the day with a good friend and to get out and explore the city a little. Jonathan's team is working on building a church so we got to see some of that process as well. There was only on time where I felt like an idiot as I tried to ask the driver a question in Portuguese and the lady next to me laughed and shook her head as I butchered their language haha. Such a day of new memories..good food...and great talks with a friend.  :D