God cares about even the tiniest detail

Before we left the USA, we sold the girls plastic play yard. (Looking back, I wish we'd crated it. But, oh well.) We were given another one this week - to use while we're in Campinas! Pretty cool. God cares even about the smallest details.

Language School Video

Here's Chuck in Language Class!

IT'S A GIRL

Our next little one, to be born mid-October is expected to be a girl! PLEASE continue to pray for mother and baby throughout the pregnancy!

Abigail

Abby's really growing fast. Her favoirte book at the moment is, "I'm a Big Sister". She can almost repeat every line of the book. She loves the fact that soon she'll have a little sister too!

Girls at a birthday party

Below are the pictures of our family and the girls playing at the 4 Anniversario (4th birthday) of one of Hope's friends from school!


Abigail loved air-hockey. Allison put her up on the table so she could better make a goal! She would scoot down to one end and put the puck in the goal herself, and then raise her arms and yell,"GOAL!"



One of the funny things that happened that night was that Hope went right into the party, handed the little boy his present from her and had him open it right there - culture however, says that no presents be opened at the party and that the child opens them later at home! Oh well, we apologized, and thankfully our friend Guto said, "No problem, kids will be kids." It got really funny though, when this little girl saw that Leo had opened Hope's present, so she went and go the one she'd given Leo and opened it herself, right there in front of him!

A Box of all things...

Of all the toys and things we brought from home to "comfort" our girls during this transition in language and culture, the thing they like to play with most is... A BOX!

The box that the TV came in! They enjoy it almost daily!

Rain or Shine

The girls love to play with their umbrella. It's a good things too, it's a lot more rainy down here right now!

Obedience

Well, Abby certainly was obedient this day. I told her we needed to go get in the bath. So...she did! Immediately! Clothes and all.

Sisters

Hope and Abby are truly enjoying on another's company. It's really neat to see them get to the stage where they really play together!

Brazilian Friends

These are the first Brazilian guests we have had in our home! We were so excited to host a dinner this past week with our new Brazilian friends. Please pray that God would lead more Brazilians into our lives for us to befriend during our time here in Campinas.

Aluas de Portuguese

These are pictures of the school and our teachers from whom we are learning to speak Portuguese. Please continue to pray for our comprehension and discipline to study hard this year as we're in language school!