December 16, 2008
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i am packing.
supposedly.no. i am sitting on the bed with dirty feet and thinking i need to take a shower.
and DANG IN TWO DAYS I WILL HAVE TO WEAR SOCKS.because it will be cold.
and i can almost imagine my fingers falling off from the cold while i try to type messages on the computer.brrrrrr.
but not right now. now i need to go buy bolo de rolo for Johnny and Quejo de Reino for Dad and bisquiotos integrais for Mom and those one thingys for Anna…and Donovan. what for Donovan…my new brother? ahhhhh!
’twill be slightly different coming home this time.
Yesterday i spent the day making jewelry with all the kids from Living Stones. those kids are goodness creative. not one bracelet or necklace turned out the same. some of them are more…interesting than others…but they are really good. i hope you want some for Christmas.
i also had the kids put their fingerprint on a flower thingy and write their name…so that i could give them to people to pray for that kid. for this Christmas and forever.
last night was my first final. we had the test in groups. how is it is a test if you are doing it with someone else? and it was open book. needless to say, it went really well. my portuguese has improved more than i ever thought it could in one semester. i was there spouting out all these big words…half of them i guessed at (translating from English to Portuguese) but i asked the teacher…and she said i was right. tonight is my Philosophy test. it will be harder. and not open book. and i am on my own for this one.
i want to live without having to have my life planned out. what comes comes.
but when someone asks me “When are you coming back to Brasil?”
my heart churns once more and i smile and say “Mayish?”
because i just don’t know.
and it is tiring to not know once again.i am tired.
Comments (6)
How long have you been in Brasil???
@gymsoc12 -
this last trip or all together?
me and Brasil go way back to 99, when i did a short term missions trip. then 3 months in 2004, 6 months in 2005,6, and 7 (i only had a tourist visa, so could only stay 6 months of the year) then this year i went from January-May, got my student visa, and came back from August until now. er…this Thursday i leave.
Wow….crazy, thought this was a first time trip…..
what do you do there?
@gymsoc12 -
i teach English at an international school started by missionaries during the day, then at night i go to college here–for early childhood education. on the weekends i live with my Brasilian friends and put together the projector (power point presentation) at the church so that we can actually have words to the music (hymnbooks are too expensive). umm…and you know, i do everything else everyone normally does…i really love it, really really. i am just at a crossroads (again) and…need time and more time with God and blah blah and that time will tell what happens next in my life. and you…who are you and what’s going on in your life?
@rwinzeler - wow. that’s cool….my friend did something like that in argentina a few years back… ending up living there for a bit. do you think you will ever move there permanently?
im emily, live in pittsburgh……working, unfortunately. haha, not really. i mean i have a job, just not what i want to be doing. lol. anyway. i also love gymnastics. coach part-time. was a gymnast for 18 years of my life. hahaha.
Sounds like you had a great time in Brazil – how did God first start drawing you there specifically? And how’s your adjustment to the States so far?