Maria Fumaca

Stupid is an ugly word. I hate (yes hate) when I hear it, but I am going to use it. Satan is stupid. I knew that it was only a matter of time until we had a "down" time because everything can't stay peachy all the time. This week was hard. Devin has been working crazy hours the past couple weeks because it is "go time" at work and there is so much to get done. He is running on low fuel and I am running on low fuel trying to keep everything together at home...with no car, no language and an apartment full of 3 lovely kiddos...who are also running on low fuel because they miss their daddy and they also can't communicate like they would like to. Did I paint the picture well enough. haha.

 

Don't worry this post will get better...but before it gets better it has to get worse. So, we woke up this morning with me rushing to get the kids ready for church, Devin sleeping in, and Connor refusing to put on his church clothes because he does NOT want to go to church. It is a battle every week with him, but this week was far worse. Devin rolled out of bed and said, "lets just spend some time together". I was in a bad mood because I wanted to go to church and I knew people were expecting us to be there. So...I grudgingly changed the kids out of their church clothes (that I fought them to get into) and we left the apartment.

 

We went to a train station and rode a cute little train around Campinas.

 You know what? It was just what we needed. Time. No worries, no timeline....just being.

Caldo de Cana.... The famous sugarcane juice that Devin has been wanting so bad. This is the process is neat. They take the sugar cane stock and run it through this machine that squeezes the juice out. To flavor it they ran lime or pineapple together with the cane through the machine.

 It was delicious! Fresh sugar cane lime juice is one of my favorites.

 Headed back...Pres and Daws were more interested in the steam coming out of the train...

 To top it all off there was a live little band that sang Brazilian Music while we all enjoyed ourselves. It was a good reset.

 By now...you are probably wondering why I said Satan is stupid. Well...here it is: this week we have tried harder to do better. You know....challenge ourselves. Doing the important little things together as a family. FHE, Prayer, Scriptures study, etc. and THIS week was one of the most challenging by far. I know you have to be challenged to grow...and I don't know if Satan knows that. I am sure he does, maybe he just thinks we won't get it. Yes, I have felt defeated this week and it might take me a bit to pick myself back up, but I also know Satan can't win and every time he knocks me down I have that much more determination to do and be more. So yes, Satan is stupid.