Road Trip!

Tomorrow morning at 6:00 AM, I'll be hitting the road once again heading down south to the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil. I am going to Passo Fundo to visit two of my favorite people in the world, Pr. Jorge and his wife Soni.

Last year I went to visit them for the first time to help them start a church and just fell in love with this couple. Actually you can't not fall in love with them.

Soni may be, besides my mother of course, the best cook on the face of the earth. She always comes up with things I've never heard of and they are always delicious. Jorge is no slouch cooking himself.

His slow cooked ribs are something every human should consume at least once in their lifetime. The Gaúchos (people from Rio Grando do Sul) are well known for knowing how to cook meat, especially ribs. Jorge poured a pound of rock salt on the back of this rack and then let it cook for about six hours without ever turning it. The salt transformed into a thick sheet that he broke off just before beginning to slice the ribs.

I thought they would be too salty to eat but I was pleasantly surprised. Definitely the best ribs I had ever eaten.

Pr. Luís, his wife Edna, and Pr. Jânio and Lúcia who are visiting with us will be along for the trip. It should be a great time.

The drive there is through a beautiful mountain range so I will be taking plenty of photos to share.