The Comfort Hotel was pretty nice, and ended up costing a little more than we had wanted to pay. But the breakfast was worth every centavo. Just imagine: pineapple, papaya, oranges, kiwi, fruits of every kind, cereal, pao de quejo, eight different types of breads, three types of cake, eggs, yogurt, hot chocolate, orange juice, milk, and chocolate caramel cream puffs. Who could ask for anything more?
We jumped on the road and took off to Campinas. We had tried to contact Junior to know the exact time of the sealing, but figured his cell phone wasn't working down here since he hadn't ever answered. We figured that his bride would probably receive her endowment that morning, and so the earliest that the sealing would take place was around 11am. We rolled onto the temple grounds right about 10:30am.
We went inside and spoke with some of the workers and found out that Junior's group would finish the endowment session at 11:30am. We waited in the waiting room and read scriptures while we waited.
At about 11:30am, a member of the group came out and found us and ushered us into the largest sealing room there. Junior and Simone and the rest of their stake were there, all ready to go. The sealing was a great experience, as we got to attend two different dealings; that of Junior and that of one of his friends immediately following.
After the sealing we ate lunch at the temple's cafeteria and visited with everyone who had been in the sealing. Then we headed out of the temple, took some pictures, changed our clothes and drove into downtown Campinas.
There, we went to the Iguatemi mall and got some shake's from a fast food joint called Bob's and window shopped a little. We left the mall and also walked around all the shops and flea market downtown, looking for gifts for the fam. Junior helped us out in the flea market by bartering with a woman there. It is definitely easier to do that when Portuguese is your native language.
When we got back from our little paseo in the city, the sunset as a backdrop to the temple was gorgeous. We took several pictures, and then went inside the temple dormitories with Junior et al to eat dinner. We had a yummy soup with chicken and shell macaroni and guarana.
By that time it was getting late, so we had to say our goodbyes to Junior and his family and head back to the Comfort hotel in Ribeirao Preto. Our experiences so far have been so wonderful, and today we were both filled with such gratitude for having been able to serve here in Brazil with such choice people.
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