After only a few days we have already adopted the Brazilian way of life. Though you get up early in the morning, life on the street starts only in the afternoon ... and we just join the flow. However, we have set a few times: we are having breakfast, and worship and prayer times together, share communion (we do that every day) and then we go out and pray. In the evening we are quite tired and enjoy the invitation of our Brazilian friends for a meal at their house.
To be able to communicate properly, we are learning and practicing the Brazilian language. The Brazilians "enjoy" our mistakes, correct and help us ... and we have the benefit.
Morgen geht es weiter ... nach Itájai. Dort erwarten uns drei Brüder, die gemeinsam ein Obdachlosen-Restaurant, ein Reha-Zentrum und eine Gemeinde haben. Wir sind total gespannt und freuen uns, neue Freunde kennen zu lernen. Da keiner der 3 Deutsch oder Englisch spricht, werden auch wir ausschließlich Brasilianisch sprechen. Na, das wird was ...
Tomorrow we move on ... to Itájai. There are three brothers waiting for us. Together they are running a restaurant for the homeless, a rehab center and a church. We are so excited to go there and are looking forward to making new friends. As none of these 3 is speaking a single word of English or German we will only communicate in Brazilian. My oh my ...
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