it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

what a place this is! no clouds, huge ocean, white buildings with colorful tile...it's wonderful. tomorrow i drive to porto, a city in the north of portugal, to pick up my friend lauren wallace. she's coming from germany for an impromptu visit...staying hopefully about a week. oh yeah i met a sweet american missionary named emily for coffee yesterday. she's been here for a year and a half working with portuguese teenagers as is now beginning to work with internationals. she's cool. i think we'll be friends. it's kinda fun :) i'm starting to seriously pray for unity among christians here. like real, loving unity.