Full House

One of the things we love the most is having a full house. We love when all different visitors come over for all different reasons and feel at home in our house. As you might remember from the previous post, this week we had 2 very special visitors from the Xavante tribe over for dinner. We had a wonderful time hearing more about their lives and their hopes for their tribe. I made a Brazilian dish that has rice and chicken and served warm cinnamon rolls with ice cream and candied nuts for dessert. They really enjoyed their time at our home and so did we. Agosto (left) hopes to return to Anapolis in December with his wife. We're so excited to see that our mission (and us!) are continuing to build a relationship with the Xavante people.

Last Wednesday the couples Bible study group came over and we had one of the most memorable activities yet. Homebuilders studies are great because they already come with tons of simple, yet original activities planned to drive home the lesson. We definitely recommend the books! This week they had us all blow up balloons, and using a marker, write all of the things we could think of that we know we should do to have a "good" marriage. After, we all had to throw our balloons into the air and together keep all of the balloons afloat. It was surprisingly difficult....which was the point. It's hard to juggle all of the aspects needed for a good marriage and we need God working in and through us to make it work!

I also LOVE having women over to work on English, and we're not always sitting around the table with a book either. This week my highest level student, Nina taught me how to make Brazilian cheese bread. It is wonderful to see how our relationship has developed to a deep friendship and how many opportunities God has opened up for me to share with her.

The bread came out great too! Brazilians almost never use measuring cups for recipes, instead she had me measure by the plate-full....1 plate of flour, 1 plate of cheese, 1/2 plate of milk, 1/4 plate of oil, etc!

Yum!

Speaking of who's in our house...as promised to my sisters and college roommate, here's an updated picture of our kitten. He's changed and grown a lot and really fun to have around. I'm sure our parents would prefer pictures of grandchildren, but a grandcat will have to do for now :) And thanks Paulo and Cininha for the tiger....Sam loved it SO much that we had to separate the picture from the tiger. We put the picture on the refrigerator to keep it safe from Sam who LOVES to play with the tiger! We think of you often!

And one last set of pictures for my do it yourself, home improvement family back in the States....here's our latest project to keep up with all of yours :) Last weekend we decided to give our tired 15th hand desk a makeover.

Before....

After.....(we didn't yet have the handles on in the picture yet but we painted them silver)

Not bad for a weekend project! We still have a half a can of blue paint left....do you think Sam could use a makeover too? :)