Sunday, December 10, 2006
Journey to the UK 8 - 10 Dec 2006
We left Floripa at 3 in the afternoon, with the long flight for the UK only due to leave at 11.45. However, what might have been a purgatorial stop-over turned into a delightful interlude through the kindness and hospitality of Welerson and Débora Duarte and their family, who live in Guarulhos, where Welerson has been pastoring the Third Conservative Presbyterian Church for the last 8 years. He is about to move to São Bernardo do Campo, to be Director of the denominational seminary.
Welerson and Débora Duarte, Vinícius, Virgínia, Vitória and Vitor. We hadn't seen this family for 5 years, which made a few hours in their home between flying in and flying out of São Paulo all the sweeter.
Flying TAM over the Bay of Biscay in an A330: our most uncomfortable ever flight. The red carpet may be magic: the seats certainly aren't. We miss Varig's MD11s! Still, we were only delayed by an hour or two, and we arrived safely.
Welcome party at Heathrow airport: Bec flanked by Aidan (boyfriend) and Naomi (auntie (pregnant)) What a joy to see these faces.
Haywards Heath Evangelical Free Church Sunday morning meeting: Graham Nicholls and Peter Leyshon-Jones on the platform. Our first Sunday back was an excellent day, with fine expositions from Matthew 8 and Job 38-40. Meanwhile, back home in the Peregrinos, Geraldo kicked off the series in James: by all accounts a good start.
Walking home from church on Sunday morning, with Rodrigo and Lívia (from Belo Horizonte - currently doing Cornhill. Photo expertly taken by Thomas King.
Indoor cricket: Tom fielding
We left Floripa at 3 in the afternoon, with the long flight for the UK only due to leave at 11.45. However, what might have been a purgatorial stop-over turned into a delightful interlude through the kindness and hospitality of Welerson and Débora Duarte and their family, who live in Guarulhos, where Welerson has been pastoring the Third Conservative Presbyterian Church for the last 8 years. He is about to move to São Bernardo do Campo, to be Director of the denominational seminary.
Welerson and Débora Duarte, Vinícius, Virgínia, Vitória and Vitor. We hadn't seen this family for 5 years, which made a few hours in their home between flying in and flying out of São Paulo all the sweeter.
Flying TAM over the Bay of Biscay in an A330: our most uncomfortable ever flight. The red carpet may be magic: the seats certainly aren't. We miss Varig's MD11s! Still, we were only delayed by an hour or two, and we arrived safely.
Welcome party at Heathrow airport: Bec flanked by Aidan (boyfriend) and Naomi (auntie (pregnant)) What a joy to see these faces.
Haywards Heath Evangelical Free Church Sunday morning meeting: Graham Nicholls and Peter Leyshon-Jones on the platform. Our first Sunday back was an excellent day, with fine expositions from Matthew 8 and Job 38-40. Meanwhile, back home in the Peregrinos, Geraldo kicked off the series in James: by all accounts a good start.
Walking home from church on Sunday morning, with Rodrigo and Lívia (from Belo Horizonte - currently doing Cornhill. Photo expertly taken by Thomas King.
Indoor cricket: Tom fielding
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