Valentine's Day Sunday Funday

Yes, I know Valentine's Day isn't on Sunday this year, but life. And yes, I know in Brazil we are celebrating Ash Wednesday and not Valentine's Day today, but oh well. Here is our weekly vlog:

Hope you try some of the recipes I have been making! After all, food makes holidays so much more special! After a week back at school, and almost back to normal--we had Carnaval! The Fergie family had a visit from our friend Kraig from World Help, and that was a fantastic time.

Our town of Carpina has gotten celebrating Carnaval down to a science: they have all their local parties a week early, and then for actual Carnaval, they go celebrate other places. So last week there was some rowdy, noisy evenings, and the past couple of days have been a ghost town (Carnaval is officially Saturday-Tuesday, with Ash Wednesday as a recovery day). In Brazil, we celebrate our version of Valentine's Day June 12th--so still got plenty of time for the romance.

Reads from the Interwebs:
1. 18 ways to be a better children's ministry leader in 2018: loved this!
2. Seven reasons so many guys don't understand sexual consent: a secular (yes, with language) article that is written by someone who grew up in church that has an important message we (still in the church) need to hear, especially reason #2.
3. The grace of letting go: "Is there really only ONE RIGHT WAY to clean the kitchen counter?"
4. Creating Place: something I only realized until after I didn't do it.
5. When did the church decide that the best way to attract people is by looking perfect?