An ordinary woman with an extraordinary story

Returning to Brazil

It was a difficult thing for me to return to Brazil this summer.  For two reasons.  One, it is a place that my husband and I used to go together.  It was 10 years ago that I first went to Brazil.  J. L.  had come the year before and fallen in love with the people.  The next year, he asked me to come along.  And I did.

I came for two years, and then the third year, I felt that I was not to come.  Not knowing why, I was obedient, and stayed home.  My children and I went on a trip to see their grandparents while my husband was gone.

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