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Gaia, Portugal – April 27

Things have been a bit easier now that we have internet.  Bill has been slowly working on the course he is taking from MLC that he is six weeks behind on.  This week he completed two assignments, so he is relieved to be making some progress.  He is also happy to read the news again and [...]


Gaia, Portugal – April 17

Hello Again,
I am writing to tell everyone about my experience yesterday.  We were suppose to have our internet installed yesterday, but it didn’t happen (we are not surprised).  The installation man was suppose to come around 2pm and Bill decided to stay home so he could be there when the guy got there.  I then [...]


Week 4 in Portugal

Once a month Pastor Villares holds worship services with the church in Lisbon. We went along this past weekend and had a great time! We stopped part way and had traditional roast pig in a city along the way. In Lisbon we visited with some of the church members, went out for dinner and spent [...]


Six Weeks Later – What Its Like

We have been in Portugal for about six weeks and things are finally starting to settle down.  Elise and Audrey are still going to school six hours each day and it appears they are picking up some Portuguese.  We found a bus route that we can use to take them to and from school easily.  [...]