Russ Swain

But there's something about the strictness of the religion that sometimes relates to people and they like conformity and they like to go by the rules. But I was always a little bit rebellious. So I pushed against it a little bit. But I was very committed for the two years that I was in Brazil.

But there's something about the strictness of the religion that sometimes relates to people and they like conformity and they like to go by the rules. But I was always a little bit rebellious. So I pushed against it a little bit. But I was very committed for the two years that I was in Brazil.

Yeah, which at the time I think had 7 million people.

Yeah, which at the time I think had 7 million people.

Yeah, which at the time I think had 7 million people.

That is so perceptive of you. Yeah, that's exactly what it was. It was a huge cultural shock. And I thought, it is so rigid the way that it's organized. It's like being in the military. And you wonder if this impressive two years of if it's ever going to end. But I had a moment I was really wrestling. Am I going to do any good here? I pointed this out in the book.

That is so perceptive of you. Yeah, that's exactly what it was. It was a huge cultural shock. And I thought, it is so rigid the way that it's organized. It's like being in the military. And you wonder if this impressive two years of if it's ever going to end. But I had a moment I was really wrestling. Am I going to do any good here? I pointed this out in the book.

That is so perceptive of you. Yeah, that's exactly what it was. It was a huge cultural shock. And I thought, it is so rigid the way that it's organized. It's like being in the military. And you wonder if this impressive two years of if it's ever going to end. But I had a moment I was really wrestling. Am I going to do any good here? I pointed this out in the book.

You're assigned a companion that you're with all the time. You feel like a Siamese twin practically. You never get space alone unless you go to the bathroom. But we'd had a hard day of talking to people. We were walking home. It was late at night.

You're assigned a companion that you're with all the time. You feel like a Siamese twin practically. You never get space alone unless you go to the bathroom. But we'd had a hard day of talking to people. We were walking home. It was late at night.

You're assigned a companion that you're with all the time. You feel like a Siamese twin practically. You never get space alone unless you go to the bathroom. But we'd had a hard day of talking to people. We were walking home. It was late at night.

and light rain was falling and i says hey let's duck into this little neighborhood bar just get some hot chocolate or something just to keep us going and when i was there this young fellow he was maybe early 20s he had no shoes he was wearing just a pair of shorts no shirt but he had a bucket of crabs and he wanted to sell these crabs to the owner of this little neighborhood bar

and light rain was falling and i says hey let's duck into this little neighborhood bar just get some hot chocolate or something just to keep us going and when i was there this young fellow he was maybe early 20s he had no shoes he was wearing just a pair of shorts no shirt but he had a bucket of crabs and he wanted to sell these crabs to the owner of this little neighborhood bar

and light rain was falling and i says hey let's duck into this little neighborhood bar just get some hot chocolate or something just to keep us going and when i was there this young fellow he was maybe early 20s he had no shoes he was wearing just a pair of shorts no shirt but he had a bucket of crabs and he wanted to sell these crabs to the owner of this little neighborhood bar

And he stuck a stick into the bucket and one of the crabs grabbed a hold of it. And he's swinging it around saying, look how fresh my crabs are. And of course, he's speaking in Portuguese. And it dawned on me as he's saying, I thought, I understand what he's saying. Little by little, the language barrier had been evaporating.

And he stuck a stick into the bucket and one of the crabs grabbed a hold of it. And he's swinging it around saying, look how fresh my crabs are. And of course, he's speaking in Portuguese. And it dawned on me as he's saying, I thought, I understand what he's saying. Little by little, the language barrier had been evaporating.

And he stuck a stick into the bucket and one of the crabs grabbed a hold of it. And he's swinging it around saying, look how fresh my crabs are. And of course, he's speaking in Portuguese. And it dawned on me as he's saying, I thought, I understand what he's saying. Little by little, the language barrier had been evaporating.

And everybody in the bar, they were clapping at this little one-man impromptu circus show. And we were laughing, and the owner came out and shook hands, showing that a transaction had been made. Everybody was clapping. I thought, I can't have an experience like this in the United States. I'm looking at the cobblestone streets that are wet and shiny and the halo of the street lamps.

And everybody in the bar, they were clapping at this little one-man impromptu circus show. And we were laughing, and the owner came out and shook hands, showing that a transaction had been made. Everybody was clapping. I thought, I can't have an experience like this in the United States. I'm looking at the cobblestone streets that are wet and shiny and the halo of the street lamps.

And everybody in the bar, they were clapping at this little one-man impromptu circus show. And we were laughing, and the owner came out and shook hands, showing that a transaction had been made. Everybody was clapping. I thought, I can't have an experience like this in the United States. I'm looking at the cobblestone streets that are wet and shiny and the halo of the street lamps.