Greetings from the US of A!

After weeks of travel and lots of "doings", we are finally on American soil. Our heads are still spinning with the changes and one of these days we might finally figure out which way is up! Here's a little bit of our travelogue to this point:

May 1-14 - Steady stream of "going away" parties and goodbye visit
Night of 14th, fourteen young men show up to say goodbye to the twins. Last ones leave 2:30 AM...
May 15 - We are finally able to pack up and leave by 5:30 PM, our tiny economy car pulling a heavily loaded baggage trailer.
May 15-16 - We drive 1250 miles of rough roads to the Vianopolis School (central Brazil) to attend graduation ceremonies and take Richies things for his Senior year there.
May 22 - Our family drives the 550 miles to Dan and Beth Templeton's house (three hours by car from Sao Paulo).
May 26 - 2 PM, Dan loads us all up in his large SUV and drives us to the Sao Paulo airport for our 10:15 PM flight to the USA
May 27 - 5 PM, after 27 hours of plane and car rides, we finally arrive at the little town of Poquoson, Virginia (right next to Langley AFB)
May 27 - Darrel Templeton takes Steve to his men's meeting to speak. Steve is a zombie, but he speaks....something...:(
May 28 - 6:20 AM - Darrel wakes Steve & Sonia to speak at an ICM meeting. We are still zombies. (Steve begins to plan vengence...) We also speak with Dois Rosser, founder of ICM
May 30 - Steve and Sonia speak at a Wednesday night meeting (supper with new friends)
May 31 - Steve and Sonia speak at a barbecue given by Darrel for his S.S. class (they took a special offering to help us get to the US). Twins (with Cici) sing for the group.
June 1 - Steve and Sonia speak at a SS class, kids leave for visit to family and friends in Virginia Beach and speak to teens
June 2 - Supper with new friends! (1st day of no speaking engagements!)
June 3 - most of day spent visiting friends and relatives in Virginia Beach, VA, Steve speaks again at Darrel's "men's meeting"
June 4 - Family speaks at Men's Fellowship Breakfast in Hampton, VA. Twins sing.
June 5 - We spend the afternoon with Pastor Dick Woodward and his wife Jenny at Williamsburg, VA. Twins sing for them.
June 6 - Steve meets with another pastor (and Darrel) for breakfast. We have a "southern-style" supper with friends.

The rest of this week will be mostly speaking engagements and visits, then we plan to head west. There are several new possibilities for future plans for the twins, but nothing definite yet. Everyone has been very helpful with their suggestions. Stay tuned...

We plan to try to visit friends and relatives as we travel and camp our way across the USA. We will probably head west using the southern route now, then return to the East Coast by way of the northern route in August. Richie will need to fly alone back to Brazil the beginning of August. Keep praying!

Much love in Christ, Steve and Sonia Armour