we´re in colonia nova!!!!

We made it! We are half way with our big Brazil trip! We took off this morning from Blumenau about 9 am, and flew 3 hours and 45 minutes to Bage. But first we circled around Colonia Nova, about 5 times, and got their attention, then flew to Bage to land. Walter Wall and Helmuth Boschmann picked us up from the airport and drove the half hour to Colonia Nova. We are now all settled in at David and Ingrit Martens and Tante Marichen...

We´d like to thank you all so much for praying for us and sending your messages, they are much appreciated! Today´s flight went very well, very smooth and super clear skies, exactly what we wanted, especially when we were buzzing 300 feet over Colonia Nova...that was fun.

Thanks again, we will stay here for about a week, and then we plan to fly on to Iguacu...

Stay tuned...thanks again, don´t forget to come back!

blumenau update

We`re planning to fly to Bage, Colonia Nova, on Friday morning. We are staying here in Blumenau a little longer than planned because of the weather. The plane got an oil change yesterday because it already had 50 hours on it.

Today, in the meantime, we are going to the beach in Camboriu...where the Walls have 2 chocolate stores...yummmm....

Check back in a few...

only a few of our people and other stuff

our lovely cousin darlene and her son...

tia irene and julia

the penner gerber penner´s and milton...(and another julia) :)

tiny villa velha (sp?)

ponta grossa airport with witmarsum relatives


funny

blumenau

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smoke & windsocks

We had a nice send off from Ponta Grossa this morning, from our Witmarsum relatives. We took off this morning at 9:45 am, and flew 55 minutes to Blumenau. It was a very short and easy flight. There are more mountains here, so it was a little different flying so low through the mountains. When we spotted the airport, we flew quite low trying to find out what direction the wind was going, as we couldn´t find the windsock (we found out after we landed that there were two). So since we couldn`t find a windsock, we started looking for smoke, alas, there was none to be found. We chose to land on ´´36´´, and later found out that landing the other way, ´´18´´ is forbidden, good to know. We even started looking which way the cows were grazing, because they always graze into the wind. Some tips we learned from our friend Hans Wiebe. Thanks Hans!

So now we are staying at the Walls here in Blumenau, in their 12th floor apt, which has an amazing view of the city....it`s HOT here.

We can`t get pictures up without using our lap top, no wireless...so it may be awhile until you get to see pictures.

We will stay here 2 days and then fly on to Bage....`til then...

due to popular demand...some pictures from the last week..

We have had a great time visiting all our relatives here in Curitiba and also Witmarsum. It was too short to see some people, but it was great the little time we had here...thank you to all the people that took us in and fed us, and drove us around to show us the sights. We appreciate it so much, even the extra pounds...:)

Tomorrow we will continue flying, on to Bluemenau for a few days, and then on to our final destination of Bage. Keep thinking of us...as we will start flying again after such a long break.

Hope all is well back home...

guaratuba
doris and lori in the condo on the praia
curitiba
churassco
fish pond and bbq area
parrots at our uncle and aunt's "farm"

curitiba time

We had a nice break in Witmarsum and are now with some more relatives in the big city of Curitiba. Quite a different atmosphere than the farms in Witmarsum. We visited lots in Witmarsum with relatives (danke Marly), and ate too much, don´t know if the plane will take off now with all the churascos (bbq)in our stomachs. Tomorrow we are going to the praia (the beach), Guaratuba, and relax at the ocean...it´s a tough life. We are going to stay here in Curitiba until Sunday, and then back to Ponta Grossa where the plane is and then off to Blumenau...

Everything is going great, but we don´t miss the plane....and the guarana is great Joe...

Stay tuned....

witmarsum

We are now in Witmarsum. We had a very good flight from Anapolis to Ponta Grossa. Our total flying time was 48.5 hours. We are planning to stay here for a week to ten days including Curitiba. We don´t want to deal with plane stuff as long as possible then after the break we will continue flying. Next we are going to fly to Blumenau then our final destination of Bage.

Internet access isn´t that accessible these days, so bear with us...

Thanks so much for the prayers and the comments...