Friday, February 25, 2011

more pictures


i posted a lot of pictures this weekend, but dont miss all that i wrote last wednesday about my life here!nicolas built this for our house because anita thinks it is the house of birds for some unknoan reason
my house!
the wash basin where i work a lot
my house
the hill i run up and down
the snake i encountered! how scary

this is what i see when i get to the top of the hill when i run. its gourgeous when the sun is rising
overlooking the fazenda
the walkway of many fruit trees
here is the church where i spend a lot of time. it is peaceful and beautiful
the altar
i like to sit in this seat and look out the door to this spot, which is normaly where the horses are
the brasilians love nossa senhora aparecida
this is our little shrine
sunny this is for you. i think this is where you will live
the garden in front of uba's house. she is a wonderful gardener
this is the swing at mary ines and reno's house
these are the empty houses for retreats, days of rest, and desert days

this is the house of mother teresa. irma miriam, carolina a permanent member, cristina a french missionary, and rafeala a brazilian little girl all live here
this is looking out from the top of the hill towards the road out of the fazneda
this is where they bake our bread and the woman is dona josette my walking partner.
this is the refetorio where we eat lunch
this is the escolinha. one house is not used, one house is mine, and one house is currently being made into a place to create art and then display it for visitors to buy
baby francisco!
the refetorio where we eat lunch
the outside of the escolinha
the soccer field
tete and nina pushing francisco

daniels 7th birthday party

daniel turned 7 so they had a little festa. marcus, reno, daniel, and marie ines. they served these little candies that tasted like peanut butter. what a gift to me. i ate ten.
i painted this sign and made the crown for him. and this outfit is perfect.
me and daniel
daniel and marcus
marcus and bea the birthday kids!!!! i made the crowns for them
bea hates pictures!
and tete loves them
me and my little trouble maker
mateus and i. his brother is diego and his sister is rafaela. he is an incredible young man, but at age 14he started school for the first time
irma mariam and tete
marie ines is the french wife and takes care of daniel and marcus and has a one year old little boy. and cecilia is a argentinean wife with a 5 month old baby.
joao is a french missionary from france. he was in my house before i got here but was in the other hearts home for a month. now hes back with me
daniel was so so so happy
irma and i so cute mateus helping bealove this picture of him
irma leticia is the head of the fazendathey love to dance and sing
the girls love to help with the baby
deep in conversation
nicholas always with his guitar
my first photo of anita, who lives in my house

i am spending my weekend at another french community near by. tomorrow me and another girl are going to the beach and she is going to show ,e around salvador. tonight she let me use her FRENCH computer, which is hard to type with so i cant type much. hope you enjoy the pictures!

love e