Land Lines and Life Lines

Well, our first month was about finding and securing an apartment and getting all of our documents processed so we could live here in Salvador, Brazil. This month we have been setting up our new home and learning culture and language as we go. Everything here runs at a much slower pace than in the States. There is no hurry here to deliver our furniture or our shipment of things or a telephone or a refrigerator. As of now, however, we have two sofas, two ceiling fans, and two mattresses in our apartment. Little by little, we’re getting settled in. We really love our apartment and have a great view from the 12^th floor.

Language school starts this week. We’re ready to get some help. Did I mention earlier in the list of two’s that we also have two cell phones? The second one was delivered last week. When the delivery man opened the box, we didn’t know what to say. We were expecting a land line phone for our apartment. You see, our realtor, Helena, said she would help us get a phone. So we let her call for us and set it up. Apparently there was a slight miscommunication. Our team thinks this is pretty funny. They call our new cell phone our land line. We had a good laugh about it and moved on. All of us have stories to tell now like this one and it helps to share these experiences with each other.

Our team has been very important to us since we’ve been here. In fact, they’ve been our life line. Without each other, this experience of moving to another country to live as missionaries would be much more difficult. All of us Christians are on a team. Satan makes it easy for us to feel isolated when we are going through a trying time. But it is especially during such times that we must remember, the church is our team. Remember your team goal. Take care of each other along the way. We miss you all very much! Keep us informed about the ministry there! mabery@missionsalvador.com