Summiting the First Mountain

We promised to take everyone along on our journey so here was our big first step towards Rio...

This was out summit, at least for Wednesday.  We spent almost an entire day compiling paperwork, checking off checklists so that we could make the 11 minute voyage from 1592 to FedEx on Buerkle Road in White Bear Lake where SOME of our Visa paperwork would take flight to Brazil.

This was the paperwork...

 Below you can see what the boys did while we did the paperwork.  Highly educational and inspiring work!

Here is Jackson's excitement at finally summiting this mountain of paperwork at FedEx...

The golden papers were finally off and we all celebrated, even Joe, the FedEx employee!

Yes, that is the actual receipt for sending the documents to Brazil.  Luckily, it was covered by the school.  

It became clear this week that there will be surprises upon surprises along this journey.  We are trying to celebrate all of the small steps we are taking along the way.  As close as FedEx is from home it felt amazingly foreign.

We will keep you posted as our adventure unfolds.  The encouragement and excitement shown by our families, friends, colleagues and students is wonderful. 

The Journey Begins

Come with the Bock Family as we learn, love, teach and adventure in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! To our families, students, friends and colleagues, this is an invitation to join our adventure! Zachary, Jackson, Kelly and Joshua will post blog entries here to share our learning and our journeys. We will miss you all so much so please comment and post as we try to bridge the distance from the northern to southern hemisphere!


We formally begin on July 21 but have been trying to learn as much as we can about is beautiful country. 


Learn with us...

We will live in an apartment on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. 

We will teach at Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro.

We hear there are monkeys at EARJ that tap on the windows to try to get the attention of the students!

We can't wait to learn along with all of our students, family and friends as we discover Brazil!
Kelly, Joshua, Zachary and Jackson