Sometimes that's easier said than done! We generally ride the bus to church and there are times when we watch the bus zoom by as we are leaving the temple grounds. Not to worry - another one does arrive eventually. And it's always fun to see little church friends boarding the bus from their stops on the way.
Curitiba has a wonderful bus system - and old people get to ride free. (Actually the Portuguese phrase for it is "gente de idade" - people of age)
You scan your card, stand in the tube, watch for the bus, wait for it to screech to a stop, open the doors, push your way in, and hope to find a seat or a good place to hold on before it lurches forward to its next stop.
Sundays are good because they are light travel days.
We are in the Barigui Ward of the Iguaçú Stake. It's a great ward. Our Bishop is also the temple recorder.
You can enter on either the ground floor or the second floor. Both levels have parking areas. Either stairs or an elevator move you up or down. The benches in the chapel are movable so you can flip them around towards the cultural hall if need be.
The church is rather dwarfed by all the buildings around it, but, as you can see, the parking lot is set up for either basketball or soccer.
After three hours of church in Portuguese it's up the street to the tube and home again, home again...
I love that you are documenting this!! What a neat little chapel! And bh the way I pronounce those words in my head, it's a good thing I don't have to speak Portuguese! 😜
ReplyDeleteAmber, you try to pronounce the words? I just skip over them😂 But that is quite the adventure to get to and from church.
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