We had a senior missionary family home evening last Monday and the sister missionary in the couple was from Brazil.  They are going to be finishing their mission in early April and going home, so she mad Brazilian food for everyone. The name of this dish is Feijoada. It is made of beans with sausage in it and put on top of rice. They put ground Yucca on top with some onions and tomatoes. The round bread has cheese in the middle and is called pao de queijo. She also made flan for dessert. They are an extremely nice couple and also work at the same English Connect classes that I am teaching at. 

We had about 15 people at the last class. There are people from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Guatemala, and Mexico in my class. Two of them were attorneys from Venezuela and had to flee the country. If they didn't do what the government wanted, they would be put in jail or killed. They entered legally, but still have to pay $400 to the government to get their work permits and social security cards. It has been fun to get to know them all and be able to play a small part in their lives to help them be more successful. 

We had a man come in this past week that needed help filling out a job application. We found out that he cannot read and that is why he needed the help. He is 62 years old, and he said that he found out just recently that the reason he couldn't learn to read is that he has dyslexia. What a difficult handicap to have. He said that he doesn't have to be able to read in order to be a hard worker, and he certainly is that.

Sarah and Lu will arrive here on Thursday night and will be here over the Easter weekend. It will be fun to have some family visit for a few days. 

That is about all I have time for now.  Hopefully, I will have more time next week to write some more.


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