Elephant Hill
Monday was our “off day,” so Phyllis, the local minister’s, Antenor, wife gave us some choices on how to spend the day. Most of us decided to go hike a hill, Morro do Elefante. It was a great experience. At some points I was having flashbacks to Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia, climbing almost straight up hill.
At the top there was a concrete cross and a fabulous view over four cities below. When we gathered together at the bottom of the trail, we had the opportunity to see two capybaras, the largest rodent in the world – about the size of a medium dog, swimming and feeding in a pond. We also noticed after some time, three from our group were not with us. After some worrying and searching we found they had taken an other trail by accident.
I am now in Santiago and very tired from our 4:30A wake up call and 3 ½ hour flight. I’ll miss Brasil so much, Itu is an amazing place, but I look forward to what God has for us in Chile and Argentina.
July 17th, 2007 04:38
Because of what you have done the heavens have become part of man’s world… For one priceless moment in the whole history of man all of the people on this Earth are truly one.
July 17th, 2007 06:40
The only weapon we have to oppose the bad effects of technology is technology itself. There is no other. We can’t retreat into a nontechnological Eden which never existed…It is only by the rational use of technology, to control and guide what technology is doing, that we can keep any hopes of a social life more desireable than our own: or in fact of a social life which is not appalling to imagine.
September 7th, 2007 22:24
All sorts of computer errors are now turning up You’d be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men — Isaac Asimov