My First Day in São Paulo

I arrived at midnight on Sunday and was greeted by two of the leaders of Restoration Ministry. I will be living with Wellington, the worship Pastor, and his son Victor, who is 11 years old. We stopped at Habibs on the way back from the airport and scarfed down some mini pizzas before our 3am bedtime. It turned out to be more of a nap time, because Wellington woke me at 7:30am to go pick up the founder of the ministry, Paulo, and the President of WorldVenture, Hans Finzel from the airport. It was quite a treat to have Hans come to visit Restoration Ministries the first day that I was here.
Speaking of treats, after the RM staff meeting where I met the other staff members, we all went to Boi Brasil...a Brazilian Steakhouse. In case you dont know about these, you eat all the perfectly cooked steak you want, as servers bring around 1 of 20 different cuts of beef, lamb, chicken and pork. It was sooo good! In Minneapolis Kristy has taken me to a Brazilian steakhouse where it costs $45 dollars per person, but in Brazil it only costed about $10 per person. I could not have asked for a better first lunch.
Speaking portuguese has come pretty naturally for me, much better than I anticipated. Everyone seems to be mildly impressed with my language skills, but I still have a long way to go.
I did not arrive at home until 8:30pm, so it was a great but long day.