Fotos 1

loved this family and their hair. i couldnt seem to catch the mom in it, but this will do. and look at the little girls fashion sense!

bea always looking stylish, but for some reason hates getting her picture taken

an incredible show of traditional brazilian/african dance. i thought of colleen the whole time and her dance class in college ;)

the biggest, most terrifying ants i have ever seen. they invested our house while the workers were fixing our bathroom.

the girls from my girls weekend making flowers for their hair

marie ines was their teacher (thank goodness because i couldnt manage making it...)

Bea joined in for our natural facemasks!

Tete too!

Happy as can be with oatmeal, banana, honey, and egg on her face!

relaxing

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Fotos 2

"cucumber on the eyes, erica. really?"



palm sunday and a banjo playing nun!

te te is learning the art of using "creme"

palm sunday

the flowers we made and one of the beautiful girls!

we needed to fix the road a bit before all of our guests arrived for easter. hard hard work

i love this because the two brazilians are wearing skirts to do work

yes, this is a hideous picture, but i just needed proof that i was working

a lunch break

irma and joao

joao and the chicken

Gabriel and Bea ready to watch Jesus of Nazareth for Holy Week

i love this child. wearing a winter hat because its only 85 degrees... burrr

theyre monkeys

making bread for the last supper

loved Bea´s hair this day

washing of the feet. padre arno washed 12 feet like the twelve disciples

sedar dinner

ohhhh as you can tell, joao lucas loves food. mmmm, lamb

Tete´s sister, Pamela

The Way of the Cross

Dying Easter eggs

a puppy and a chicken. maybe the fazenda is becoming an actual farm?

jonathan, adriano, joao, diego, and diego

guillarmina arrived a few weeks ago, me, and luzinede who lives in the passagm

argentineans mauricio, guillarmina, and adriano

after mass we had a festa! Nina, Pamela, me, and Tete

Lucia (Uba) and Bea

tete and padre cristiano

crazy girls

me and anita

jaiani, gabriel's sister, and bel

easter egg hunt early sunday morning!!!

rapido rapido!

even jose found some!

mass. i just LOVED the vestments

children listening attentively?

a family photo

BRUNO

a little girl at the bus stop befriended irma very quickly. she wanted her to have some chocolate. it was so cute. she gave her the candy. then took it back. i thought she was being an indian giver, but really she was just unwrapping it for her. she gave it to her and looked at her lovingly. it was truly beautiful.