it just gets better.

my heart is full tonight. i feel incredibly blessed and so happy. tonight may have been the best night in brazil so far.

why?

well i have two friends now! yep! i can hardly keep the smile off my face as i write. seriously, i'm so happy. i told you about fancisca (henry's nursery leader) and her daughter alasandra and her son felipe on the blog last week. today fransica knocked on my door around 5pm. she doesn't speak any english but somehow i knew exactly why she was here.  she went into the laundry room and folded the 5 days worth of clean clothes. the pile was huge! she sat on the ground and played ball with henry. she held charles as i made dinner. she talked and talked and talked to me. i tried to translate her words and would repeat them back in english. we laughed. neither of us knew what the other was saying, but really, we didn't need to.

she was kind. she was happy. i tell you, this lady has so much love.

we drove to the park near her home and met up with alasandra (her daughter) and her two boys. we played and talked. henry loves felipe, her 2 year old son. we then walked to fransica's home and had homemade smoothies. i wish that i could show you everything, the small streets and even smaller houses, the warm humid heat and the children playing in the streets. as i walked into her humble home the feeling of love was overwhelming. there was joy. there was peace. there was christlike love.

we laughed and tried to teach me portuguese. we had really good smoothies. henry was happy and content. charles was sweating on my lap. happy of course. he always is.

as i drove home i felt like my heart might bust. i love these women. they have shown me what it means to be a friend. they are humble and kind.

i have so much to learn here.

xxx