YOU KNOW YOU ARE THE ONLY AMERICANS IN A SMALL TOWN WHEN...

You know you are the only American's in a small town when: you have to go for your morning walk by 6:00, or you will have several neighbors joining you in hopes of practicing their English!

You know you are the only American's in a small town when: you go the gym and you are the only one NOT wearing spandex with racing stripes!

You know you are the only American's in a small town when: your son's are the only boys in the school swim class who are NOT wearing speedo swim suits!

You know you are the only American's in a small town when: the local bakery makes you Ovos Machitos (scrambled eggs) even though the rest of the town eats bread and coffee for breakfast!

You know you are the only American's in a small town when: the seamstress that is hemming your pants, drops them off at your house, since she cannot get a hold of you by phone! You are busy, so she tells your husband you can just pay for them another day.

You know you are the only American's in a small town when: you go grocery shopping and their are five young men from the meat department following you around in an attempt to speak English with you, when they should be working!

You know you are the only American's in a small town when: you walk into a restaurant and an employee you have never met before tells you that your husband and daughter were in the other day!

You know you are the only American's in a small town when: the local missionary school gives up its only air conditioner to make make sure your family is comfortable in the Brazilian heat.

You know you are the only American's in a small town when: the local furniture store owner hunts you down to let you know he has a furniture delivery for you. He went by the house and when we weren't there he started to ask around...He found us in the library on the second floor of the missionary school.

You know you are the only American's in a small town when: you are enjoying dinner at a friends house and the following conversation takes place: I say to the hostess: "This dinner is so amazing-did you make it?" The hostess replies: "No, my friend made it. She works at the store downtown where you bought a belt, some sandals and a bike pump last week." O.K. so you have to understand that "I" did not tell this person what I bought last week at the store! Her friend, who works at the store, told her everything that the "Americans" bought at the store! It was hilarious and at the moment Marko and I realized just how "visible" we are in this small town! Apparently we need to do a better job of blending in!