Miss McCartney, IFYE
Editor’s Note: Miss Oavida
McCartney, Chester Springs,
Chester County, recently
returned from her assignment in
Sao Paulo, Brazil. She had to
return early due to difficulty in
getting her visa renewed. Miss
McCartney reveals she is
available to speak to your groups.
To make arrangements, contact
her at 215-458-8446.
Greetings from Chester
County, Pennsylvania. Yes, I’m
back from Brazil. My stay was
cut short just when I was getting
really involved with the youth
programs. I was indeed sad to
leave my wonderful Japanese-
Brazilian family and all my new
South-American friends, but now
that I am home, I am happy to be
here.
There was just time for two
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weeks of touring other regions on
my way out of Brazil. I had been
acquainted with only the
Southeast region, including the
State of Sao Paulo which was my
home. So 1 first travelled South of
the Paraguayan border to see the
fantastic Iguazu Falls, greater in
height and width and expanse
than Niagara, and with a greater
volume of water in the rainy
season. About six hours away I
visited Vila Velha, another
natural wonder, an interesting
group of winderoded rocks.
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stopped in the 11-year-old ultra
modern capital Brasilia, situated
on a high central plateau, far
from the other main cities of the
land. The new architecture is
striking, and the solution to the
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Leaving this newness, I flew to
old Salvador in the ME region.
This is a city with a church or
chapel for every day of the year. I
had time to visit only a few of the
many beautiful old Catholic
churches dating from the 1600’s. I
also met and stayed with the
wonderful family of Marcello
Mariano da Silva who had spent
six months of last year in Chester
County with the Robert Brigham
family on the Youth for Un
derstanding Program.
In Pernambuco I was able to
visit friends and former Lan
caster County 4-H’ers Don and
Ginny Wivell Ranck who were
doing social work with the
Mennpnite Central Committee.
There I enjoyed meeting many of
the local Brazilians and seeing
the good work Don and Ginny
were doing. The hilly countryside
gives the appearance of a
mammoth sugar cane field. I saw
mwboys practicing for the
rodeos, and joined in a traditional
fisherman’s dance on the beach
in Recife.
The last stop in my Brazilian
tour was in the port of Belem in
the northern region. Daily there
is a large open-air market by the
shore where you can buy almost
anything. My schedule didn’t
permit me to hop a boat up the
river, and since both my arrival
and departure flights in Belem
were in the middle of the night, I
did not see the mighty Amazon.
Though this was a disap
pointment, I am thankful to have
managed to cram a lot of
sightseeing into my limited
travel time.
Now that I’m back with both
feet on Pennsylvama ground, I’m
readjusting to life American
style, where cans and can
openers, plastic bags, and
electricity aren’t luxuries.
Equipped now with a second
hand set of wheels and a new
slide projector, I’m just about
ready to set out again, this time
to tell my impressions of Brzail,
.with the help of the pictures I took
Ithat escaped being lost in the
Imails between here and there.
A special big thank you to all
who helped underwrite this un
forgettable experience with your
contributions and letters and
good wishes. If you’d like me to
give an illustrated talk to your
group on YDP work in Brazil,
please get in touch.
Davida McCartney
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