April Showers

Announcement

Me (Caleb) and Joanna's birthdays are on the 5th of May (that’s Monday). I’m turning 12, and Jojo is turning 5! She’s 5 on 5/5/2025.

Culture

They don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo here. 🫤

Vocabulary & Phrases

We are going to teach you how to say some opposites in Portuguese.

• Day and Night. Dia e Noite (jee-ah, e, Noi-chee)

• Big and Small. Grande e Pequeno.(Grahn-jee, e, Pe-qeno)

• Tall and Short. Alto e Baixo.(Awl-to, e, By-shoo)

• Beautiful and Ugly. Bonita e Feio. (Bo-nee-ta, e, Fay-oo)

• Fat and Skinny. Gordo e Magro (Gor-do, e, Mah-gru)

Interesting Facts

Let me tell you about a Brazilian national hero they call Tiradentes (pronounced Cheeda-den-cheese).

• He was a dentist and his nickname means “Tooth-puller.”

• He fought for Brazilian independence from Portugal.

• He was inspired by the American Revolution.

• His plan was discovered because one of the members of their group betrayed them and told the Portuguese government.

• He was hung and quartered (which means his body was chopped up). Then his body was shipped out to different parts of Brazil to show them that if you try to rebel, this is what happens.

• This helped people realize how much more they needed independence. Years later Brazil got their independence, and now they consider him one of their heroes.

• April 21st is a national holiday in honor of him.

Top 3 Moments

My grandparents (from Canada) came to visit for two weeks. That was everyone’s top “moment”.

Fred

1. Translate my grandpa while he preached. He has now translated him in two different languages (Spanish and Portuguese), and four different countries (USA, Mexico, Peru and Brazil).

Rachel

1. Experiencing the Radisson hotel breakfast in Curitiba.

2. Learning how to use my countertop oven to make banana bread, cookies, and pot roast.

Caleb

1. Spending time with my Grandparents when they came down to visit.

2. Going to Sao Francisco (a city with an awesome beach).

3. Finding out about the sport that is meant for me called Handball. It is basketball, baseball, and soccer all combined into one sport. All the kids in my class say that I am the best player. Handball is by far my favorite sport ever.

Naomi

1. Going to Florianopolis with my grandma and grandpa.

2. Going to Curitiba and staying at a really cool hotel called Radisson Hotel.

3. Going to Sao Francisco.

Joanna

1. Getting a new stuffed animal unicorn.

2. Running up the sand dunes in Florianopolis.

3. Swimming in the pool at the hotel in Curitiba.

In Closing

I had a great time with my grandparents. We went to the beach but sadly, we didn’t really have any sun. They had just come from Canada and they were looking forward to the warm sun. The revival was great. All the words my grandpa gave people in our church were exactly what they needed. We also went to Curitiba and stayed at this really cool and fancy hotel (we learned our lesson from last time). They had some delays getting here, and one of their flights was cancelled when they left, but they made it. We had a great time.