Sao Paulo Variety

This is one of the largest cities in the world - Sao Paulo in Brazil. The view here is from the large downtown park, Ibirapuera.
At the park there are many activities. People jog, bike and play sports. Below are a couple of photos of times we have visited the park. Notice the red dirt. A very common sight here in Brazil. Another place to visit is the Botanical Gardens. It is very close to the Sao Paulo Zoo and there are giant clumps of Bamboo in the reserve there.

On the further ends of the city you reach our neighborhood. The differing neighborhoods in Sao Paulo can feel like you are visiting a new town. This is the scene we see as we drive to our neck of the woods. Sometimes we see animals walking in the neighborhood. Just the other day there was a group of three horses eating from the garbages outside our house.Each week this scene greets me as I visit the local fiera to purchase our family's vegetables and fruits for the week. I have not been bold enough to purchase the meat that is out at these markets yet. During the summer months, the rains come almost every day around 3-4 pm. Usually the rain is a quick downpour that cools off the city and hopefully washes away the pollution and dirt. Sometimes people are caught in parts of the city and have flash floods. This results in abadoning cars and braving the rising waters. One missionary family with our mission had to do this resulting in a totaled car.

The most familiar sights to us are below. Although Sao Paulo has many miriade of sights, the most precious to us is the grassy green of our ministry. PACA is a plesant environment and haven of green in the midst of concrete drab grey.