Hey everybody! We are having lots of adventures in Rio. We have become expert cockroach hunters.
I (Kali) have gotten used to sleeping on a bed that is lumpy. Well, it's not really a bed, it's a rock-hard pull-out couch with 3 foam pads that we think are crib mattresses on it. We do our laundry in buckets. 
This picture isn't on the blog because of the coolness of our bathroom, it's on the blog to show the beautiful green bucket we bought for laundry purposes. Don't get me wrong, our apartment is actually pretty cool, it just has some funny little issues. Our neighborhood is really awesome. We're really close to the beach, and because it's so touristy there are different artisan fairs near the beach every night. On the weekends it's paintings, the rest of the week it's everything from jewelry to wood carvings to textiles to statues. There's always something cool to do or see near our apartment, so we haven't really branched out yet into the other areas of Rio.
This picture isn't on the blog because of the coolness of our bathroom, it's on the blog to show the beautiful green bucket we bought for laundry purposes. Don't get me wrong, our apartment is actually pretty cool, it just has some funny little issues. Our neighborhood is really awesome. We're really close to the beach, and because it's so touristy there are different artisan fairs near the beach every night. On the weekends it's paintings, the rest of the week it's everything from jewelry to wood carvings to textiles to statues. There's always something cool to do or see near our apartment, so we haven't really branched out yet into the other areas of Rio.We taught our f
irst class this week! It was really fun. At our center students have to come back the next weekend and do some follow up before they get their certificates, so no one has actually graduated yet. It's a minor detail, we just hope they show up next week! Our class started out with 16, but by the end we only had eight. Hopefully the other people dropped out because they got jobs . . . The center is really cool. It's on the 25th floor in an office building in downtown Rio, and it's an amazing place. This picture is of the view from our classroom. You can't see it in the picture, but the 'Cristo Redentor' statue is on the hill just to the left of that blackish office building. Most of the people who 
come in to the center are not members of the church, although usually they heard about it through a member. So, at the end of each class the elders come in and give a short message and ask for referrals, which is really cool. This last picture that I'm going to post is of our first class, and the elders. Hope you're all doing well!!!
irst class this week! It was really fun. At our center students have to come back the next weekend and do some follow up before they get their certificates, so no one has actually graduated yet. It's a minor detail, we just hope they show up next week! Our class started out with 16, but by the end we only had eight. Hopefully the other people dropped out because they got jobs . . . The center is really cool. It's on the 25th floor in an office building in downtown Rio, and it's an amazing place. This picture is of the view from our classroom. You can't see it in the picture, but the 'Cristo Redentor' statue is on the hill just to the left of that blackish office building. Most of the people who 
come in to the center are not members of the church, although usually they heard about it through a member. So, at the end of each class the elders come in and give a short message and ask for referrals, which is really cool. This last picture that I'm going to post is of our first class, and the elders. Hope you're all doing well!!!
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