Sunday noon

My grandparents are visting Brasilia for medical purposes, and so me, Natalia and Miguel had a chance to visit them yesterday. They loved her to pieces, my grandpa even cried when we left. so cute! Natalia was a real good sample and they were both impressed with her smartness at such an early age...now they want us to go visit them in Barreiras....we'll see.

I'm home

Theres this big event called Festa Julina happening and I'm back home with Natalia and Lolly.
I took care of them the whole day...parent time and everything. Im so tired! Lolly is being potty trained, Natalia thinks she can walk all by herself...lol! such a cutie.
alright, I need to go take a shower and sleep...good night!

I promise....

more recent pix and an update. meanwhile know that I love you.

Recent pix

updating here

hi guys, this is is just a short post to let you know that I'm alive and kicking, the house is nice, people are sweet and we're fine. Natalia's 7 mos old, super smart, loves having school, she's crazy for videos, shes also eating tons and growing up, that's for sure. please pray that we get internet and telephone cause right now we have none. love you all,
see you soon... muah!

off we go...

Sunday is the d-day, our bus leaves at 6 pm. I already miss everyone here, but life goes on. The home is preparing this goodbye thing for us tonight...oh no...these beautiful moments when you feel like you want to cry and you do cry...ahhhh. wont hold back my tears, don't worry I'll be fine.

Recording at Naipe Studios

I had a chance to record this last week, a total dream come true. The whole idea was to record Portuguese witnessing songs and post them on the Regional CGO site. So I was able to record 2, simple demos but it gave me a taste of what recording in the studio is like. There were some very essential people that made this day and a half possible. My husband Miguel who took care of Natalia in a very small space,having to entertain her for a long time. thank you hubby.
JM and Jeremy who did all the work. love you guys, thank you so much! The song will hopefully come out in a few weeks...I'll try posting it here for you.

Who says Natalia cant sing?
Having some mommy time before starting
Thanks you guys....

Let it go

I was reading the link about forgiveness and I found these cool quotes...the whole letter is good, makes you want to check your heart and let go of any bitterness.

*Love lets the past die. It moves people to a new beginning without settling the past. Love does not have to clear up all past misunderstandings. The details of the past become irrelevant; only its new beginning matters. Accounts may go unsettled; differences remain unsolved; ledgers stay unbalanced. Conflicts between people’s memories of how things happened are not cleared up; the past stays muddled. Only the future matters. Love’s power does not make fussy historians. Love prefers to tuck the loose ends of past rights and wrongs in the bosom of forgiveness—and pushes us into a new start.—Lewis B. Smedes, “Love Within Limits”

*Forgiveness is something you do for yourself, and you do it for Jesus. You do it because it’s the only way to heal. You do it because it will help you to be happier; it will set you free from the chains of resentment, bitterness and misery.

*Forgiveness is the act that helps another’s wrong to not become your wrong as well.

*It won’t ever be “fair,” but forgiveness will make things right in your life

*One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody, everything, every night before you go to bed.—Bernard M. Baruch

Our next move

Me, Miguel and baby Natalia are officially moving to Brasilia, the capital. Most probably, by the beginning of next month. After praying and hearing from the Lord several times, talking and counseling together

Patiently waiting for things to happen, the folks there to move houses and get settled. Meanwhile slowly packing, visiting friends and provisioning the things we need.

3rd time I'll be living there, guess all things are new when you want them to be. I must admit I will miss Sao Paulo, all the fun I had and everything I learned. My life was literally thrown upside down in this city, the Lord worked in my life; I was taken to new heights, embraced new challenges, grew by leaps and bounds, met a wonderful guy and gave birth to a beautiful little girl all in 2 years and a few months.
Guess I’ll end here before this post becomes too emotional... My last words: Thank God for change.