Back to School in Cajueiro Claro

Summer break in Brazil ended last week, and we began Living Stones Cajueiro Claro with much joy and laughter.

We are so excited to now have a cook! One of the women in the community comes and cooks, providing her with an income to help her family, and giving us happy full bellies. She is such a blessing, and frees up Pastor Flavio and Rachel to be with the children. Her food is also MUCH better than Flavio or Rachel's.

To celebrate the beginning of the school year/Living Stones, we had a pizza party at Rachel's apartment in Carpina. It is a big deal for the children to be able to go to the "big city" of Carpina (about 80,000 people, compaired to the 1,000 people in Cajueiro Claro), and the kids loved the pizza we had last year--this being one of the few opportunities they get pizza.

After pizza and ice cream, we went up to the top of the apartment building to see the view (it is four floors). One of the kids said "Oh Rachel, I can't go up there! It is too high!" because it was the highest they had ever been. I grinned and thought of the Sears tower.

We looked at pictures and called Rachel's mom on skype, danced around to music, and played lots of games. But the final challenge was making a pyramid.

It was a wonderful time! Thank you to everyone who gave to make this possible!