April 13, 2008
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so i got the tickets. alittle…ok, ALOT more than i wanted to pay, but…and mostly that is because the dollar is so low now. in 99, it was 3 to 1 (Real to Dollar) in 2004 it was 2 to 1. Now it is 1.7 to 1. on a good day.
I don’t think Brasilian websites have gotten ahang of selling things online yet. When i finally found a ticket that was the right date and the right price (they would have multiple prices listed, and you never knew when it would change half way through filling out the information)…at the last click–it would say “we are sorry, but we are not sure if the ticket is still available. please try again later.” The darn sites WON’T let you buy tickets! so i finally went through American Airlines Brasil site. it worked. too well actually…my internet stalled in the middle of purchasing, so i ended up buying it twice…freaking out…finding a number and calling to cancel one of them…but now that the excitement is over:
April 30-July 15
my goals while i am in the US:
* Renew my passport
* Go to the consulate in Chicago and get my student visa (nope, don’t got it yet…and if they deny it…i can’t return to Brasil until 2009…that thought freaks me out about once a week)
* Go to my cousin’s May wedding–yea Jessica!
* Go camping, biking, swimming, and so on with Johnny boy
* Lotsa stuff with Anna
* Spend time with my parents. Help out around the house.
* Hang out with Erica and friends and family i won’t get to see for a year and a half
* Work with the BIG group of people taking a short term missions trip to Brasil in July
* Talk at churches, talk to people about the ministry, Living stones…all the stuff going on in Brasil
* Visit Karianne and go to Cornerstone (if you volunteer, you get in for half price)
* Catch up on movies, music, and books (LIBRARIES!) that i don’t have access to in Brasil
* Lotsa shopping to get gifts and supplies for people and ministries in Brasil
* Eat lots of raspberries and mexican food and celary with peanut butter“I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn” –John Wesley
