Churrascaria time!!

For anyone who knows what churrascaria means, you will probably be jealous. We'll get to the food part in a few minutes. The last few days there has been a young lady, Morene, who has offered to help the children with their English. She has just recently got back from attending Word of Life Bible (WOL) in Hungary. She is planning to attend WOL back home here in Brazil next year. She had a morning and afternoon session with the children on Fri. They are learning more and understand us more each day. It will take time for their pronunciation to be clear. Wellington soaking as much in as he can. He points to objects and wants to know how to say it in English. There are times he will ask why he has to learn English, or that he doesn't think he can learn it. But we tell him he is doing fine. He has been speaking Portuguese for over 9 years and English for 1 month. Lidiane is right there with him in understanding. I think Wellington wants to know English completely before he meets his 4 new brothers. He wants to make sure he is not left out. Lidiane and Pamela can't wait to meet big Sis (Amilia). If they here Amilia does something... they want the same thing. We will use that to our advantage as long as we can. Gabe has been fussy the last 2 days after his afternoon nap... he has been Mr. Grouchy. Maybe because of the parasite treatment he is taking. Today he is a little better. Last night he slept 12 hours... hallelujah!! And by the way he does say that with his hands raised. Frank Gorsline will like to hear that. Tomorrow we leave about 2:00 to go to Cascavel. On Monday morning at 9:30 we are due in court with the judge. Because we will arrive late Sunday in Cascavel, I probably won't get an update till Monday or Tues. After the judge we are taking the children to the orphanage so the can say good bye to their friends. We may get to meet with one of the god-mothers and talk with her. She was close to the girls. Then back here Monday late. OK...ok...food time. If Aaron Applegate, or Howard and Tim Miller are reading, I wish you could have been with us last night. I'll set the table before the details. Yuri and Carol (Brazilian couple who take us to church) wanted to take us to dinner. They arranged a young lady to watch the kids and they wanted us to have a night out to relax and not have to have the kids under foot. They are a neat couple who love the Lord. Yuri gave us the choice of a pasta place or a churrascaria. A churrascaria is Brazilian bar-b-que. The restaurants are known for their meats obviously but they have a salad bar which is best to ignore so as to save your appetite for the meat. They have waiters make their rounds to the tables. They bring all different kinds and cuts of meat on a big skewer and cut off some if you want it. They keep coming back as long as you want... which of course I had them come back too much. Now remember they are speaking Portuguese, so having Yuri their was a big help. Also he introduced me to a cut of beef called "Argentinian Cut". Oh man was it tender and delicious!!! I have never had any beef taste that good before. Yuri knew all the best meats (including lamb) and would let me know if I should have a piece. It was a great experience. I have been to a churrascaria before, but this was a very nice place. Valet parking and the works. I wish I could go again as I don't know when I will be in Brazil again. It was a great evening and we had fun hearing stories about Yuri's time in the US. There are many new friends we have met here and as I told one today, "It would be great if they all would visit us... just not all at the same time". I will include some pictures on this update for you to enjoy. Will probably update when we officially have 9 kids.
Dave