BRAZIL (part 2)

Our first Sunday in Manaus. We attended 2 meetings to visit with some of Ty's friends. The Church buildings were very clean and beautiful. The Church's we went to had an open court with plants.

This 12 year old boy won my heart. People were excited to talk with Ty and I would stand next to him not knowing what was being said. This boy came up to me and after a couple seconds of thinking said out loud "Hi, how are you?" He totally had me:) I talked back to him in English and he was happy to kind of understand. I learned that he is learning English at school.

This is where we ate lunch that day. This was Ty's last area of his mission and he would eat here often. So story behind this family: The missionaries came and taught the parents and 3 kids ages 14,16, and 18 I believe. Well they all felt like it was right but they were Catholics and the father said they couldn't do it. Well the kids knew that it was true and so became baptized. By watching the example of their children and how they stopped drinking coffee and they attended their meetings and paid tithing, the parents were baptized while their son was a year into his mission. The oldest girl also served a mission. A very neat and welcoming family. 

Our oh so good dinner. Fish over the coals, rice, beans, banana's, and lots more.

The family room of where we stayed in Manaus

So kids like to fly kites but there is a problem....power lines get in the way. You can see this throughout the city:) here are some pics from the balcony/porch.

A bakery near the house. Lots and lots of little stores like this. We like bakeries.

The granddaughter of Nazara. Okay so it is like REAL hot and REAL humid down there. People will take numerous showers throughout the day to try and stay cool. So Maria was a little hot so they filled up this tub for her. They say she is a really good swimmer:)

Riding the bus downtown to see the Opera House. This is one of many bus stations.

The Opera House. Manaus was able to build this from their donations to WWII. Wood, furniture, and other supplies were given from many different countries and they built this with those supplies.

The painting on the ceiling

They even had a lego replica of the house, made me laugh

Making our way to the street market. One thing that I didn't get a picture of ...... people paying for tattoos right on the street. A boy around 14 or so was getting one.....not very clean and very disturbing.

Our yummy dinner...OH did I say that I loved the food down there!

More and More pictures are to come!!!!!!