Aside from an unexpected four-hour layover, the flight was great! After a fun couple days with the Matoses and their church (it didn't take long to break the ice, especially with David around), we're now sitting at the language institute where we'll spend quite a bit of time until July. Osias, pastor of the church here and who we're staying with, showed us the way to the metro subway...we hope in a couple days to be getting to Carioca Station in downtown Rio by ourselves.

David and I are a bit ecstatic to discover the Matoses use cable Internet...thus, unlimited Internet is pretty much at our disposal...and pictures will come soon, I hope. Among the most notable we have is us and the Matoses at Maracana--the world's largest stadium if my memory serves me right. It was our last chance to see Fluminense play Internacional before the World Cup shuts everything down.

tchauzinho!