Hiatus is over

Πhaven’t written in here in a while, 20 whole days long was my hiatus from this blog. I supposed I ought to write in it today just because it’s been sooo long and I finished my classes and most of the things . This month has been one of the most hectic ever. At one point of it I found myself being interviewed and presented for a new job. Something I have so long longed for and yet that is even better than I ever thought. I guess you all already know I´m an English teacher. I have been teaching for over 10 years at a private language school. This time I was called to teach at a regular school to groups from the kinder garten till High school. In addition, I´ll still keep my older job and my private students. Needless to say I have felt the need to start College again. This time a good course on Education and then see where my Masters will take me.

Roommate is getting married in less than a month. I started looking for a new place at the begining of the month and the options were many. The troubles as well! Things like: found the right place but the wrong price and vice versa. Finally, i found a nice apartment, in a nice neigborhood, with 2 nice bedrooms( hey, hey! you guys are invited!) and a wonderful view from the 13th  floor- pictures later!!.  My friends from church  will help me paint it. By the way, this time I´m living alone….Hmm…..good!

Talk about church, i guess i mentioned I was baptized in october. Only now have I got the pictures though. Before showing them, I should mention how life has changed since I accepted God in my life. I have met really wonderful people who are concerned about learning, living and spreading the words of God. People who have also help he keep sane in this transition. I´m so gratful i have found good teachers that help me reach and understand my Lord so well that I cannot feel any diferent but grateful.

This is the front of my church. It´s one of the hundreds Presbyterian churches in Brazil. This and all the pictures below were taken on October 19th, the day I was baptized and made my Public Profession of faith.

This is part the church council, including  three reverends

This was also the day of the church 67th anniversary.  All the departments had a musical presentation to thank God for  this blessed temple.  Below you can see the choir and the orchestra all formed by members of the church. Guess who´ll join  them next year playing the violin, guess, guess??

See this beautiful woman( the one with the loooong hair?) She plays the first violin, and I have classes with her.

Our department sang too…Do i have to point out who I am?

Those are friends who made the Confession of faith together with me. As we waited for the song to end, I bent my head and prayed. To thank God.

Well, that´s it. I may not be around much till next year once I´m traveling and as soon as i return, I shall move.  So  I wish you all have a great Christmas time. I do hope that the one who´s being celebrated be with you on this day and throughout the year to come. Hope we all have a more peaceful year, and that people around  the world learn with each other´s differences as we learn here  at Xanga.

God Bless you all

~Shy

PS. Summer starts here today!!! I´m alteady melting…

Thought collection
I’m looking for something old, something that contains the pitch and resonance of truth, that I can hold under my tongue to season everything else I try to taste. Something ancient to strain out all these insignificant distractions, to focus me for more than thirty seconds at a time.

Maybe I’m looking to shout against the infinite silence to see if my voice might sound clearer in echo. This constant search for newness exhausts me, blunts my thoughts, scrapes my skin raw.

Maybe I simply want to be disappearing into darkness with the vibration of violin strings. Perhaps there I will find cohesion.

I have missed 2 entries on Thanksgiving…. now im mad…