Here are a few of the last section of photos Missionary Jack sent home.
this section of photos is titled Parque Municipal-
I'm guessing he & buddies went to a state park?
He's definitely in the jungle!
What the heck?Alligators just hanging around in the park?
NO park ranger or gates or fences...?
Jacks says these guys were just little ones..only 5-6 feet.
He told us there was a family from the congregation who had a 3' alligator living in their back yard (when he was out in the country.) He & his companion took a camera with them to their house to get a picture one day. When they got there they were disappointed to learn that the family had killed & eaten it the night before. That poor mom, how embarrassing? I can totally relate cause- we do that all the time here too.
I don't know what this look is all about but I can bet he is acting out some Book of Mormon character.
Any ideas of what lives in that hole?
scary
this is one of the monkeys that the kids in the country play with.Jack says they ride bikes with these monkeys on their shoulders.
That just makes me smile.
I'm not sure what this is?Marcus- you went to Brazil- any ideas?
and what do the signs say?
You guys will all have to read the comments
to see if my nephew Marcus answers those questions.
I know this is Bamboo!
big monkeys!
I really hope he gets a chance to send another photo CD home!These have been so fun to post & look through.
I mentioned yesterday that he... you know?
had worms
I was getting ready for work on a Saturday morning before Christmas while Brett was sitting on our bed talking on the phone to Megan. He casually mentioned to Megan that Jack had been sick?
WHAT? WHAT- JACK IS SICK?!!
WHAT ON EARTH?- HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!?
Supposedly the little rat had written his dad & told him he had been really sick with worms. They are pretty unavoidable in the country side no matter what the health department says- and that he had been going to the doctor, had been in the ER, and was all better after taking a series of pills... losing some weight... and spending some quality time on the Jon.
(Insert expletives & swear words here____________.)
Supposedly Brett forgot to tell me... ya right?
He said I would, "just worry & get upset," that's just a bunch of bull- cowards.
Our call on Christmas day confirmed that he is A-Okay now-
that the health system in the good ol' USA cannot be beat-
and that he is gaining back some weight...
The kid is a 6'1" string bean now-- gee whiz.
kids
what are ya gonna do?
I'm just glad he is better... so far.
4 comments:
These pictures were so fun to see! I'm just glad they aren't allowed to get in the water...not that they would, but 19 year old boys in the jungle? There could be some pretty dumb mistakes with alligators there! He is having the time of his life! Coming home is going to seem so boring!
Wow, I'd be afraid to picnic in a park like that!
That "monkey" kind of looks like a lemur to Whitney and I, but I have no idea if they live in Brazil.
It's nice that you didn't have to worry about him being sick until he was all better!
First Sign-Trail of adventure, with the city slogan "Working with you- City of Maceio"
Next Sign-Den of the Alligators
Third Sign-Forest Trail
Next Sign-Pau-brasil. This is an interesting one. Pau-Brasil is a type of wood that kept Portugal's interest in Brasil after they did not find any gold. Pau means stick or wood, Brasil is derived from the the word Brasa which comes from Arabic and means hot coal or ember. They called the word that because of its red color. That's why they called the colony Brasil. Probably more than you wanted to know...
I have no idea what the weird gold stuff Jack is standing next to. A rock maybe?
-Marcus
den of alligators? darn. why don't WE have parks like this? oh, i know why, because everyone would be sueing the pants off the government when they got eaten.
and really...how on earth do you cook an alligator? i can't even begin to think of how you "skin" it? that sounds like an awful job. i hope her husband helped. maybe now she has a new purse?
by the way, that's what we call allie. allie-gator. :)
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