We slept in late today and got some much needed rest. After we got up, we grabbed some breakfast and headed over to Paulo's house. When we arrived, we clapped outside is house (that's the way you knock here) and he answered the door with his little girl Thiffany. I almost didn't recognize him with his hat and glasses.
He invited us in and we found out that Eliane had had to go to work and wouldn't be back until 3pm. We chatted with Paulo while we played with Thiffany for a while, remembering about when we met and their baptisms. Paulo told us about his mission and how when he got back he and Eliane had decided to get married. We talked about others that had been baptized while I was there and about how the church had grown since I had left.
We decided that we would stop back by around 3 once Eliane had gotten home, and we left to get some lunch. We ate at a little restaurant down the street from the old house/chapel. After lunch, we took the opportunity to walk around downtown and window shop.
When we got back to Paulo's house, Eliane was already there and they had prepared a snack for us. Sandwiches and guarana with ice cream for dessert. We stuffed ourselves even though we had just finished lunch. We visited more and played with Thiffany a bit. She really wanted us to watch Bolt with her, and we watched the first few minutes. I gave Paulo and Eliane each a BYU hat and gave Thiffany a BYU ball. Paulo's father carves wood and Paulo gave us each an armadillo cut entirely from one piece of wood that he had just finished.
As we were preparing to leave, Paulo called his cousin Alessandra, who I had baptized first, to come over and see me briefly before we left. We took some pictures all together and said our goodbyes and got on the road back to Sao Paulo.
We arrived back in Sao Paulo late, turned the car in and stayed the night at the Marriottt near the airport.
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