First Day and a new red dress...

Camila thought this picture was cool, so i thought id pass it along, its of me:)
So, as everyone knows....today was my very first day teaching. It was great to meet the people that I'll be teaching for the next two days, and very daunting! I talked a little about the activities that we were going to do, and unlike people in the US, when I messed up my portuguese the whole class joined in to help me out. I explained at the beginning that I'm on an intership for the welfare department of the church and that I came all the way from the states to teach them, so they were very nice....except one girl. lol. You know those kind of people who just seem like they need to condradict people in any situation? The kind that love to take the attention away from others while they're speaking and make very opinonated comments? Yeah, I had the supreme pleasure of getting one of those in my class today. I was teaching a principle that helps people learn how to talk about themselves in a short and interesting way and she I guess had had enough of the class, and so when I asked for some feedback, hers was "I think these are kind of empty, no one really talks like this, and I know that this wont work" and kept talking for a long time!! She was talking in a way that brought so much contention into the room and thanks to Camila things got back on track, but I was amazed at how rude she was! I almost hope she doesnt come back for tomorrow! Other than that incident things went fairly well, I was nervous the whole time but I did okay I think for the first time teaching in a second language, and I just keep telling myself this will get easier!
Anyway, last night we stopped in a dress store to find me a dress for this weekend, and after trying like probably 15 different ones ( I like finding the RIGHT one) I found the perfect dress! It has no sleeves, is really low cut and has a low back, perfect right? Lol...I liked the cut and color, so I'm taking it to Camila's aunt who is a dress maker and she is going to sew up the front, use the extra fabric for sleeves, and fix the back...i'll post some photos of the finished product...speaking of photos as FHE activity last night Camila and I took some great photos that we could post on our blogs....so here they are!
The Satire of Living in Brazil....
For those of you who dont know, living in Brazil is pretty rough on Camila and I, for example...life here is so hard we have to chop our own wood and keep a fire lit while were at home, because otherwise we just might freeze to death. See, I'm cold...really cold. We have to endure primitive bathing, I can honestly say that I have never owned a shower like we have in our apartment, its so hard trying to get up and bathe in a jacuzzi tub and rain shower everyday. Its hard having a jet tub, I know.
Sometimes Camila and I have the hardest time keeping ourselves entertained, since there are no TV's in Brazil you can imagine that we also lack an DVD players, Cable, VCR's and of course any type of sound system. Maybe someday electricity will get here!
But with all the hardships come the perks, like as you all know, Brazil is full of trees and is pretty much just one big forest, a big forest inhabited by indians, and anacondas. This is the huge forest that we see from our office's window.

Some of you also might know how brazil is still pretty behind in archetecture. Usually people live in huts and stuff. This picture just goes to show that sometimes, you just have to work with what you've got...like walls completely made of granite, and huge elevators that hold 20 people and i know, primitive right? Thats the entrance that you see comming into the employment resource office...maybe someday they'll find something better. As you can see, Camila and I are barely holding up down here, "its a hard nock life for us!" But I think that with a lot of hard work and scraping by, we'll make it back to the US in one piece! and yes, my hair is darker. well that concludes my little blog for today, thanks for all of the adivice, tips and crossed fingers for me today, they worked pretty well! Até mais!