Last days in Switzerland

On Wednesday afternoon we attended a lovely time with the visit of Hans, who is a retired local carpenter here, and Liane, who cares for 54 one-year-old head of cattle. It was a fascinating time around a table full of delicious food.

Yesterday we met up with our niece Linda who is a Physiotherapist in a Zurich hospital. She took us to a lovely lunch in Chur first, and then on a beautiful walk at Flims round a lake after going down to it in a cable car. One thing which impresses you in Europe is the care for its trees. They are majestic, very tall, giving wonderful shade as yesterday was quite warm in Switzerland with 25 degrees.

Another impressive thing in Switzerland is that I have not seen one single speed bump since I arrived here. They do not exist! The speed limit inside towns and villages is 30 kph and people obey the speed limit without the existence of speed cameras or speed bumps. It is an example for us in Brazil where streets have enormous speed bumps every few metres! 

I have seen further foxes in Tschiertschen and always at very close quarters. The species observed is the European Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) which is a totally different species to the fox we regularly see at Green Pastures which is the Cerdocyon thous. Yesterday Francisco sent me a video from Green Pastures of a 6-banded Armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus). This species of Armadillo is the third largest in the world.

Congratulations to a couple from our Patos church for the birth of Milena yesterday weighing 4.55 kg and measuring 51 cm. The parents' names are Wellington and Ivete, and Milena's 7-year-old brother is Danilo.

We will be flying from Zurich to London Heathrow tomorrow in an A320 British Airways Airbus which seats 180 passengers. We will be ministering at Millbrook Christian Centre, Southampton, this Sunday, September 21st, at 11 am. Please be there if you can!