Sue and I had a very nice day. We slept in (till about 8:30) and waited for Aunt Racquel to bring us water for coffee with our breakfast. Yes, this is quite strange, but we didn't know how to use our stove to make hot water! hahaha. It's a gas stove..what is that?
Brazil time is definitely not US time..people may say 9:30, but they'll really mean 10:15. Thus, Racquel arrived for breakfast around 10 (9:30 was the agreed upon time) and we had a lovely breakfast. Aunt Racquel brought me fresh ginger root for my voice. She made me tea with it! Sweet, sweet lady, I tell you.
After a mid morning nap, the gang piled into the van and we went to lunch at a restaurant near the San Francisco river. Do not be alarmed, but I did dip my feet in the water. It was SO NICE! Mareeza and I sang the Prayer of St. Francis (a different one than you may know) while looking out at the water. My Portugese is improving. It had to be my favorite moment of the day. As you can imagine, the S. Francisco river is very important to Remanso. Trucks come to it daily to fill up with water, take it to be purified, and then deliver it to houses and buildings.
The retaurant we went to was a BUFFET! I think most Americans love buffets, but you'll excuse me if you don't fit my generality.. it was great food with great friends. Mareeza brought her CD player with her in the car today because she had a surprise for me. Unfortunately, there were not outlets where we were sitting. Mareeza didn't give up, though, and asked the restaurant to play her CD with a recording of 'Let it Be' (we're singing it in class). what a nice surprise.
Ana's son Luiz Paolo was with us as well. He is 5 years old and was eyeing the playground at the restaurant all day. I had a great time playing with him while working off my meal. He is SO CUTE!
A great afternoon was followed up with a nap and Mass with Fr. McCall. I can now sing more Portugese hymns! YAY!
A great Sunday! Back to work tomorrow!
Love,
Jamie
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