bananas
watermelon "weed"
panhas - can't really describe them to you... good!
aceloras - we picked them and made juice for lunch
My first coconut water drink!
There were four weiners running around too...
This is the sky, everyday, I've never been so mesmerized by CLOUDS before... I find myself finding animals in the sky like the old days...
But in all seriousness, it's been overwhelming how kind people have been here. I've been invited for lunch and dinner by so so many people already, and I'm so encouraged to be invited into the homes of people be told of their histories and lives. My mom always told me that as a baby, I never played with toys, but I just watched people. I hope this doesn't sound stalker creepy, but I love nothing more than sitting down with someone new and hearing their story and getting a peak into their daily life. God truly lives in all people... I encourage you to look for him in everyone around you, he's there! I praise the Lord for the Christian community that he has blessed me with because it is the blood of Christ that puts me in connection with my brothers and sisters in Christ! I hope to be able to say the same with many new people here in Brazil...
On Sunday after church, I attended a Japanese cultural festival and Curso Module, one of the bigger Japanese language schools in Brasilia. Yakisoba (fried noodles)... kimonos... yukatas... dancing.. ikebana (Japanese flower arranging)... We had a room to post our school's information too. I met a professor from U. of Brasilia and asked me to come in to discuss anthropological topics on Japanese-Brazilians! I'm a nerd, but sweeeet!
Ladies dancing to the Centennial Immigration theme song
Kimono fashion show
essays written various students
In the morning I of course went to Nucleo Bandereinte Alliance Church and in the evening to Riache Fundo Alliance Church. Although Most of the services are in Portuguese, it is so cool to see three different languages coming together to worship the same God. That truly proves how big God really is. I love how church is done here in Brasilia. It's been so long since I've seen church done in community and fellowship. Both churches have less than 100 members, but it's the quality, not the quantity that matters. It warms my soul to see the church leaders having to boot people out the door to turn off the lights and lock the gate, and they still continue their after-church fellowship in the dark cold for another 30 minutes - as opposed to the American mega-church where you never see the same person twice in a month and the parking lot is empty in 5 minutes. There is an air or unity and support here and I wish it was easier to find that at home..
This week is pretty much the same schedule... went to like 6 English schools today... 3-4 classrooms each to promote the English camp next weekend. Tomorrow's another day of teaching Japanese and critiquing speeches, and Thursday I'll be visiting individual homes of the elderly. Be praying that the seeds sown in the classroom will be sown on fertile ground rather than rocky ground. I may have mentioned earlier but most of the students come from non-Christian families and many broken homes. As teachers, we believe in faith that although we don't see the immediate fruits of our labor, 20 years down the line, the students will remember our talk and mention of Jesus and cling to that memory...
Brazilian kids = bonita
Thanks again... bed time! Oyasuminasai (g'nite!)
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