Hi Everyone,

Well first we are glad to hear that Al and Brenda are safe and nothing was taken. It definitely shows us God's hand of protection. And like i told Brenda last night, whoever it was that broke in it is someone else to pray for. Maybe too they will realize that it isn't worth the risk again to break in to someone's place.

We went to Porto yesterday to get the car repairs done, the guy that sold it to us will bring it today. He gave us another car to bring home so that was nice. He has been good to us and we trust everything is on the up and up. He even gave us a ride to the shopping mall while we waited, picked us up after and tried to give us directions to the bus station. So today we will have our car back and running properly.

It was quite the adventure yesterday at times. We found the right gas station to meet him at after a few turns we weren't sure of. When he took us to the mall we stopped to pickup his mom, which we chuckled about. At the mall we went shopping a bit and then went to McDonalds. Of course that was also a bit of a hoot because the armed guards were there with hand on gun collecting the money. That was a first at McD's for us! After we got the other car we had to find the bus station which everyone said it easy or you can't miss it. RIGHT!! But after a few interesting conversations and one while driving, asking a guy who we believe was drunk, we found it. We were waiting to pick up Lidi so we drove around a bit and found DC shopping. It wasn't quite what we were looking for but the most entertaining because the arrows on the road told you where to go. We followed and at one point you could go straight or turn according to the arrows. We opted to turn because the straight arrows directed you into a brick wall. (we had a good laugh)
Anyway we made it home last night in one piece with some good stories and today have many things to do to prep for our trip to the beach with Taisa's family and Lidi.

Will blog on our return next week.
Lots a love,
Shannon