October 7, 2008

• Elections in Brasil are
  AN EVENT.

  the people i wanted to win in Paudalho won.
  meaning…i think the Living Stones program can continue.
  Praise God.

  Voting is manditory here, so EVERYONE is out and about.
  watching everyone else wearing the different color canditate.
  once the poles close at 5, everyone holds their breath…
  until one group pours into the streets and yells and jumps around in a big mass that resembles a blob…and the other group goes to bed early. or changes their colors and joins the party.

  you can’t buy or sell or drink (supposedly) alcohol until midnight, so the parties start at 12:01 am Monday morning. all the schools were closed…except our school. the parties continued through the day, and at college last night, only 4 of my 30 classmates showed up.

  we ended sitting in a circle and talking most of the time. the teacher had thought i was Brasilian…just living in the USA for awhile..so she started off “i don’t really like NORTH Americans…”

  but it was good. i got to share about coming to Brasil, wanting to help, teaching, finally getting a VISA to stay…and in the end, my teacher commented “well, maybe not ALL of them are bad…”

  • 5:34 pm
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