Today we awoke to another beautiful day in Brasilia. It is so nice here. Yesterday we took a 48K drive into the country. We were going to Gama to see a slaughter house that was for sale. I guess I have never got the meat out of my heart. It was a very pretty drive. We got to Gama and met the old man that had the slaughter house for sale. I was expecting a run down joint, but to my surprise it was very nice. Tiles on the walls to keep it clean, and rails that were the right height. He was very talkative and we were there for more than 3 hours. We heard his whole life story and then some. But it did bring back old memories. The meat inpectors receive a little money on the side, about $50 per week to help in the inspection work. They start the kill at 5:30 and the inspector comes in at about 9:00. Not quite USDA but it is some thing I could live with. It was fun to find out how things are done down here. I am sure we are not going to do anything but we had a nice trip. He showed me the water treatment setup they had, which was nice, and then he told me that the water in the third lagoon you (I would not) could drink from. That reminds me of a story that happened on my mission. We had this place we ate everyday. We did not drink the water there, the husband of the woman who was our cook did not like that. One day he got a glass from the kitchen and dipped it into the cistern for their water and held the glass up and said. "Agua pura" "Clean water" very proudly. When I looked at the glass and it was a milky white. I wish I had had a microscope, it would have been fun to see the number of God's creatures that were in that water. We drink filtered water even now down here.
The first picture is the hide room it was a LITTLE ripe. The second is the front of the slaughter house (they love blue here and it could be a sign) and the third is the kill floor. Nice place.
I am continuing to do temple ready stuff for our names. There is a lot of work that is done, a lot that still needs to be done. Thank you all for wanting to get the names done for us. I remember what a great time we had in San Diego temple doing baptisms. I have found a few more generations back some into the 1500's. these people I know loved their children and grandchildren just as much as we do, and I am spending about 3 hours per day doing this work. The real work was done by Aunt Wanda and Uncle Ross. Wanda had all her stuff on paper and Ross entered it all into the compture. About 1,200 names. That was a lot of work. All I do is search the IGI and get what has already been done. I does take time but it is work that needs to be done if we are going to get our familes linked together. Those of you who have sent in your families names thank you. Those of you who haven't I know who you are and where you live I just do not know your childrens birthdays. I love you all.
