Why hospitals suck in socialism and the Stairway to heaven

Yesterday we had a lot of plans.  And then they all got changed in about two seconds.  We were messing around and having fun like boys do and decided to climb a tree.  Then we decided to get a little higher and Andrew wanted to jump from branch to branch.  He successfully did it twice and it was a lot of fun to watch.  Then he was coming down, it was a simple climb but the tree was mossy and wet, Andrew lost his grip, and fell about twenty feet onto his back.  He was pretty scraped up and we checked for different things.  So we went to the hospital and it was a wait.  Hospitals are for everyone and you can go there for everything from a cold to and emergency car accident.  He registered and waited 7 hours and did not see a doctor for an X-ray.  We think he is fine, don't worry all you mothers who read this.  The other three of us visited english schools and pitched our "Happy day" and English camp to them so that they will come.  Then all of us went with some brazilians to "men in black 3" in English and portuguese subtitles.

Today was a great day we spent most of the day (9-2) at church where we did a lot of cleaning and prep work for the celebration day of the reopening/christianing of the church.  They are almost finished with the work of redoing the church from the flood damage and it looks great.  Today we cleaned the floors and ripped up all the grass, layed sod down, and put down cement blocks to walk on.  Then Jon and I went to another house around 2 to help a girl and her family move (because Andrew was useless from his fall).  They lived on the third floor and had a spiral staircase.  Jon and i counted 49 stairs up and 49 stairs down.  In a little over 2 hours we made 70ish trips each with loads of stuff.  70 trips X 100 stairs = 7,000 stinking steps.  Needless to say we were exhausted at the end of this.  If you want to have an idea of what happened go to the gym, get on the stair stepper, grab a 25 pound weight and walk for two hours.  You'll get the idea.  Overall the church looks great we got a lot done and we are going to eat tonight, watch a movie at someone's house, and continue to serve in any way that we can.

Right now Alek is at a Portuguese Christian rock concert with a few of the members of the church and he can tell you more about that experience tomorrow.  We will all sleep soundly tonight!!!

Thanks for the comments and prayers.  We love you all very much!