Our first family visitors

This week we were blessed by two of our family members. What a great week! Mary's momma and cousin Ashley came to town for a (too) short visit and got to experience life in Salvador. Dona Cindy spoiled us while she was here. She made sure we were getting settled in, feeling comfortable, and starting to be at home in our new culture. We saw lots of sites (some of which were new to us), took lots of pictures, and still had pa-lenty of time to shop. Our walls are no longer bare. Our home is starting to feel more like a home than an apartment we rent thousands of miles from home. They even got to have a Portuguese class with Mary's teacher one morning.
We couldn't have been happier with our first family visitors. Ashley joked about staying here longer, and as we were getting ready to put them on the plane and say good-bye, we almost thought she may have to. There was a problem with the ticket the airline had printed for her. All the information was correct. She had the right time and date and flight number on it. It seemed that when they had printed the ticket, they gave her a ticket number that was wrong. Ashley got it fixed right away, and was able to get on the plane. Too bad. She would have enjoyed a few more days here living it up with all the ways that Brazilians take care of you. They should be in the air right now flying home. We already miss them. It was a great encouragement for them to be here. We look forward to our next visitors from the US.