19 July 2008

2 LaZy 2 wRiTE...sOrRy...


yah, I know...I've been lazy to write on my blog...and also on taking pictures, but I have some I'd just like to share and they will also help me to share a bit of what has been going on here at the land...
It has been a bit intense with new people coming... different rhythms, many ideas, defining priorities and a too strong sun, which gives us only few hours in early morning and late evening to do something... I guess nature marks the rhythm :-) eh, eh, eh...

So, here is Ton and Nolan, Lukas and Marcia... Ton is away for more than a week now...he went to Poland to Slot Art festival and he was supposed to go up north for a workshop in "hearth-bag house building" , but he missed it...he's now on the way back to the land :-)... we miss him...he is such a presence here :-)...
Lukas is back in Germany as well :-( we miss him sooooooo much... it was such a pleasant time with him here and he's such a special person... definitely part of this family... no chance Lukas !!! WE LOVE YOU TOO MUCH !!!! eh, eh COME BACK SOON !!! WE ALREADY MISS YOU !!!

Lyyyyyyyyna , telephoooooone !!! eh, eh...yes, she has many phone calls all the time from family and friends who cannot wait to meet this little precious baby Nolan...he is growing everyday and it's such a pleasure to have him among us :-)

Ton , Lukas and Imre (a visit from hungary) on a water mission !!! yes, watering the garden and the trees has been the main mission on the land at the moment...it has been very very hot..arround 35- 40 degrees ...Fiiiu !!! Nice to have some good swims in our pond...Thank God for that !!!

Lukas catching some fish...he and Josh had great fun !!!

Chris, Carli and Dane Uhler came to visit us for some days...it was soooo fun to have them around... Dane has just arrived from a long trip in Asia and Carli just came from California and was looking for a direction of where to stay this next year as things didn't work out for her to go to Mozambique...well, she knows now she will stay with us in the land for a year... soooo great !!!!

we drove together with Marcia to "Moses ", where our friends are... Andrew (Memphis) prepared a surprise party for Vonny's (River's) birthday... read their post if you want to understand these names changes :-) very cool !!! we had to wait in Amieira's "cafe" till all came and we were ready to go down and surprise her :-)... we had such a nice time with them and their friends from Oleiros...
we slept over and had another wonderful and resting time the next day... I was needing it !!! I love this family... finally I got to meet Peter (Sunshine Dundee) and Sue (Moonbeam Pocahontas)... Peter is just a character !!! I couldn't stop laughing with his jokes... I love this community, Zion...and I'm sure I'll be there many times when I need a rest, or simply to hang out with this beautiful new friends :-)

Chris getting some "Nesperas" from the tree the next day :-)...

Chris and Dane "walking on the water"...eh, eh,eh...

making the raft...yes...and it was not for our pond...these guys are my heroes !!! they actually went back to Lisbon on this raft down the river "Tejo"...sooooo cool !!!!

we took them to the river in Willi's van...

and they finished the details on the water :-) eh, eh, eh...


doesn't he look like Tom Sawyer :-)

we also had a nice day at the river...it was last sunday for Lukas...and Stephi was also visiting...nice family picture :-)
they left on sunday from here (near Castelo Branco) and arrived on thursday to Lisbon...
they got stuck on one of the barrages on the river, but Carry and Marty (their parents) went to rescue them and drop them down the river so they could finish the trip... they also run out of food supplies, but Carli said everyone they would meet on the way in other boats would give them all their food :-) so cool !!! God provided all their needs :-)


"row , row, row the boat
gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
life is but a dream..."

IT IS NICE TO DREAM...
AND SEE DREAMS COME TRUE...
EVEN WHEN PEOPLE MAY THINK YOU ARE CRAZY :-)
they are a good example ... keep going Chris, Dane and Carli... live your dreams !!!

2 comments:

Whitney said...

I love your pictures and your posts!!!
That is so awesome that Chris, Carli and Dane went to Lisbon by raft!!! Did they sleep in tents??
I miss you and love you Baba!! I can't wait to see you when I get back to Europe in a year! =)

The Winters said...

Hey ho Shanti B! We'll come and see you soon. Maybe even this weekend if I can convince River; Sunshine and Moonbeam to leave this place for more than an hour or so. Will call you later to arrange. Love the pics. And so happy Carli and Dane made it to Lisbon. Awesome. Very touched by your insights into serving too on your last post. As always you are our inspiration. Shanti B rocks.

Its been frantic here this week. Just stopped for the weekend. Road work started. And the roofs are off both our houses now. Videos of some of the action posted up today on welovemoses.blogspot.com so you can giggle with us.

See you soon. Big hugs over the mountains to you all.

Memphis.