Well, it doesn't seem long ago we were stepping off the plane at Heathrow - and here we are back in São José dos Campos. A really great 6 weeks - many places visited, many curries eaten, many people relaxed-with and many photos taken.
Thank you so much for the great welcome we received, and all the great hospitality and friendship. We've put together a quick photo-diary of what we got up to; you may have seen some of the photos on Facebook - but some new ones here too. We'll do two or three posts as too much to fit into one - so here's Part 1 …
We arrived pretty exhausted and so spent the first week relaxing. We were blessed with a really great house to stay in near Wish Park, and it was so nice NOT to have a routine for a change. Our UK tour started in our second full week, taking in Wales, Birmingham and Bath - as you can see below:
On the Wednesday, we set off for Merthyr Tydfil to meet up with old friends from Wales, USA and UK.
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| Somewhere near Abergavenny ... |
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| Cup of Tea in Merthyr |
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| At the chippy |
After that we crossed over to Birmingham - Halesowen to be exact - home of "OM Lifehope"
We visited friends there, and made some new ones. OM Lifehope offers training in English and evangelism. We had a tour of the base and learned more about what goes on there.
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| Old friends in Halesowen |
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| Not-so old friends in Halesowen |
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| Worship during prayer evening at OM Lifehope |
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| Lifehope ministry in Wolverhampton |
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| A Brazilian in Halesowen |
After two nights at Lifehope, we headed back South, but on the way we spent a few hours in Bath, walking around the historic city and visiting the famous Roman baths.
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| Outside the baths in, er, Bath |
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| Fancy a bath? |
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| The kids and Jane |
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| A boy in the street |
We stopped off briefly at Stonehenge, and finally arrived back in Brighton on Friday evening. Quite a whirlwind tour!
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| Some old stones |
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