Everyone shares everything here. Even the lowly lime that someone picked on their way to dinner or supper. Limes are used to spice up the juice drinks that are used as the beverage of choice. You put what you want to share on the table for anyone to use: limes, cheese, coldcuts, a bit of candy.
There was a big bowl of fruit in my room to welcome me. I put out some bananas on the breakfast table today and will share the rest during the next few mornings. I could never eat that much fruit anyway!
Before every meal we stop and say grace. This is not the 'four line ditty' said at the Thanksgiving table; this is the real thing. The weekly leader asks someone to give the grace and they pray in Portuguese or English. I haven't been asked yet this time but have had the opportunity many times before.
The students cook on weekends so we had fried egg, lettuce and tomato sandwiches for dinner with fried manioc!
There is student meditation/Bible reading time each morning. Some students even climb up the hill and pray while the sun rises. Prayer during devotional time is very integrative and personal and we often pray for a missionary who is having difficulty at their foreign site.
This is such a special place! Harmony, peace and brotherhood reign supreme! We have not had computer access for two days now and someone just gave up their space and time on the computer so I could blog this entry.
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