Sunday Oct 25,2009

Beautiful 75 and sunny today
Church starts at 11:30 which is the good news...It ended today after 1. We had an English speaker which is good for us but makes for a long service because of translation. By the time we go out to eat (as there was nothing in the house...again), miss a couple of turns and drive around a bit, put $45 in the gas tank (almost filled it up), and get home, it is 4 PM.
Yesterday was quite a day. Went to a street market in the AM, dropped Nina off, drove downtown Lisbon looking for the place where Nancy's art students' (all of the elem. grades) project was to be on display. Arrived at 3 pm which is exactly the right time. (we did get a bite to eat in a park). We seriously seached for this place for 2 hours. Okay, it would help if we didn't make wrong turns, but still...put a decent sign on the buildings!
Turned out there was a program associated, a contest in which Nancy was a judge, refreshments and a birthday party after. We left there about 5:30. Nancy was great. She got to make a speech (with her own interpreter) and was perfectly charming throughout even tho she had no warning about this.
The program was about Water and the Bible and involved schools across Portugal (public and private). Very well done and great opportunity. The kids that participated (including Kati) got prizes and pictures taken and all. It was tiring but well worth it. Nancy was great.
On the way home we found a roadside wagon cooking Pao de Chourico over and open fire. For $2 you could get a sub sized loaf of bread infused with cheese and meat and still hot from cooking. Very good when you are really hungry. Helped us fall asleep in a hurry glad that we got that extra hour of sleep from Daylight savings time.
Pictures to be added
Mike