My Current Location

Hello everyone. I'd like to start by thanking all of my sponsors again. I left home Tuesday night and it's been quite a wild and unexpected ride ever since.
I arrived at the airport in Nashville around 3:30 pm I think. I checked in my bags and sat in the lobby with my mother for a while as I had time to spare before my flight at 6. On my way to Brazil, I was scheduled to make two stops; one in Washington and then in Rio de Janeiro before ultimately heading to Salvador da Bahia where the fazenda is. Well when I got to the flight counter in Washington, I received some bad news. The United States is not one of the countries on the visa exemption list for tourists. In other words I couldn't get on the plane to Brazil.
So there I was stuck in Washington unable to continue on my route or to return home. I called the people in the Heart's Home headquarters in Brooklyn, New York. Lucky for me a HH missionary named Monette lived an hour away. After waiting for hours to get my luggage, Monette and I returned to her house where I spent the night.
The next day I got on a bus in Washington and headed for Brooklyn where the American Heart's Home is located. After a long ordeal of wondering around the cities of Washington and Brooklyn, I finally arrived at 5:30 pm. I was quite tired from hauling around my two large suitcases and soaking wet as it just so happened that rain was waiting on me in NY.
It was litle over a month ago that I was here for my two weeks training. I never really expected to be back, especially so soon. Nevertheless, I was quite happy to see my missionary friends again. During my brief stay here, I will simply continue where my training mission left off. I'll write more about the apostolate work of the missionaries in another post.
It goes without saying that my first task was to get the visa for Brazil. I took the subway today to Manhattan, where the Consulate General of Brazil in New York is located. The application process took very little time and I'll have my visa by Monday October 6.
The people here in the home kindly rescheduled my flight for me and I'll be staying in Brazil from October 16 until January 12. It's quite amazing to me how many difficulties I've faced since I decided to become a Heart's Home missionary in November of last year. My baptismal priest, Fr. Mark Inglot, would often say, "For every cross there is a resurrection." Despite the various difficulties, I am still glad about my decision to join Heart's Home. Also not being able to get to Brazil on Tuesday has made it possible for me to both visit Brooklyn again, and still go on my mission trip to Brazil at a later time. I could almost say that I'm glad things have turned out the way the did.