First Few Days

We are thankful to share that we have arrived in Curitiba! We were blessed to get upgraded on the long flight due to an extremely full flight. This was a wonderful surprise and allowed us to get more rest than would be otherwise possible.
Yesterday was spent getting unpacked in our apartment, trying to get our bearing some, figuring out how to exchange money, and trying to locate a grocery store (which we did find, but it was closed due to construction).
Today we have gotten some help to do a bigger grocery run and still need to get some clothing and other necessities for our kids. We are thankful that the landlady has been extremely gracious and helpful. In an interesting turn of events, we are actually communicating with her in German since her German is far better than her English. Thankfully the Lord has prepared us for that :). We have heard and are also finding that English is not spoken very often at all in Curitiba. This is putting our limited Portuguese skills to the test, but here too the Lord has prepared us by having lived overseas for many years. During this time we have learned the art of communicating even when words aren’t understandable! And this is a great warm up for communicating with our kids and getting our Portuguese up and running!