Living in Brazil

H. Lynn Beck had no clue what to do after finishing his master;s degree

in Vermont, so he applied to join the Peace Corps.

Eventually, he was invited to work in Brazil, and he agreed to work

in education in the state of Mato Hrosso. He began counting down

the days to the start of training.

While his Portuguese consisted of ninety-five percent Spanish and

five percent Portuguese, he managed to communicat...