wow

so alots happened since my last blog!
last sunday john will and i said goodbye to jo at sao paulo airport, packed him on a plane and then left for gauruja just on the coasst of sao paulo state where we were gonna spend a week learning to surf. but after a couple of days we got bored so on wednesday we managed to find our way to the bus station by walking, asking for directions (and getting laughed at cause we didnt have a car) and eventually catching a bus before eventually buying our bus tickets( and feeling proud to have done sosuccessfully) to curitiba (a city in southern brazil) where we heard there might be a possibility of csome charity work.
the only problem was that the next day when we turned upo to the bus station we found out our bus didnt actuially leave from there it left from santos bus stations (about a 40 minute drive away) so we got a taxi and luckily the driver must have been an ex formula 1 driver because he got us there in no time at all (panic over!)
the bus journey itself was stunning, we passed through a beautiful hilly area with lots of lakes and as the sun was setting there was a golden haze over the scene (it took my breath away).
then yesterday we eventually managed to get in touch with the charity (after being woken up at 5:30 (love you mummy!)) and went along to one of the houses to see some of the kids. after spending sdome time playinmg with them and chatting ( i was impressed with my portuguese i dont know where it all came from!) wefound out that the project starts on monday so from curitiba we got a 2 hour bus ride and a 40 minute ferry to ilha do mel and absoloutely stunning island just off the coast of brazil. there are no roads or street lights here, so you get everywhere by walking along little sand tracks, and the beaches are absoloutely stunning, itsd so peaceful!
so yeah we are on ilha dop mel until monday then we are going to go work for voice for change for 2 weeks and then will flys and itll just be john and i! right now im going for a wlak down to the south of the islands to explore some caves! (im really really sorry to say you wont get any pics of ilha do mell cause my memory card is full and theres nowhere on the island to burn my pics onto disc =/!!)
hope you are all happy and smiley!
praying for all you guys lots!
God bless!

andrew