Have you ever visited Brazil?

If you are looking for a beautiful place to relax in summer you need to know Brazil's beaches. In almost all seasons, you can enjoy the wonderful water and feel the warmish wind while you walk in the sand. Guarujá's beach is well-known for its white sands and for being an island. The water is very clean and the sand is cottony.
At night, you can walk in the streets and buy a lot of thinks, like summer clothes, hats, imitation jewelry and eat many different tipes of seafood that is delicious. Even after midnight its a paradise!

My best job

When I was seventeen, an opportunity to work at a clinic amalysis laboratory was like a door oppened to me because I needed a job. It was near my house about seven minutes, so I could go there at the lunch. I was excited about my first job.

First of all, I receieved a special training, and slowly I began to collect blood from patients. Actually, the first time, I was more nervous than the patient, a tall young man that was collecting blood to go to the Army. Much to my delight, when he saw the needle he close his eyes.

Little by little I began to like to do that and I became acquainted with needles, test tubes, centrifuges, pregnancy tests, etc.

I worked there for four years, and it was my best job because the people there were very nice, the environment was different and new, and I could feel that I was doing a very important job. The salary wasn't so good, but I learned a lot.

Spring in Salem!

Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition period betwen winter and summer. Spring and springtime refer to the season and bring us ideas of rebirth, renewal and regrowth.

Obs.: I took this pictures!

Matthew Henson

Today Matthew Henson is remembered as a truly remarkable and well loved man; one who helped others, never spoke unkindly or harbored anger, was enthusiastic, and highly skilled in many disciplines. When men were starving and no food could be hunted, Henson declared he would find game - and he returned with fresh meat to keep them alive. When others could not go on, he carried them home. When even the indomitable Peary felt they were going to die he gained courage when he looked at Matthews face.
The public of 1910 had no place for an African-American hero; so Henson was never given the recognition he earned through the 18 years and 7 highly dangerous, difficult Arctic journeys he endured with Peary. His rewards and recognition came gradually. In the 1930's he was made a member of the New York Explorers Club of which Peary had once been the President. All the other famous explorers knew how valuable Matt had been at the North Pole. Freuchen, Stefansson, MacMillan, Bartlett and others kept close friendships with him.

Kissing Customs

The customs of kissing today, as well as an acient times, serves to show respect, and to pay homage to another. One Roman emperor even ranked a person's importance by the body part he was allowed to kiss. For example, early Romans kissed each other on the mouth or on the eyes to greet one another. He allowed important nobles to kiss his lips, less important ones to kiss his hands, and the least important ones to kiss his feet.

There is a story that tell us about an american man that was to Poland and he found difficulty about to how to greet the women just because he felt embareced to kiss their hand.

This is a very interesting story. I know that's a part of story but it captivates us from begining to end. The princess has an important decision to take that is, whether to send her lover to the lady or to the tiger from a simple movement of her hand. But nobody knows that she loves him desperatly. Now, in the arena, her lover turned and looked at her. His eyes met hers and ask the question: "Which?"

Perhaps it was the lady who came out. The princess might have chosen that door because it would be better to have her lover alive but married, than dead. In future, she could think about this, and how to approach him, but for the meantime it would be the only way to keep him alive. Who loves does not kill.

On the other hand, perhaps it was the tiger, If she had chosen this door, it would have mean that she had an egocentric love: “neither for me nor for you”. After she might repent and would weep bitterly for life, feeling guilty.

Personally, I think that our choices determine our future and we must choose wisely about the things that challenge us.

The father and his daughter

A little girl was given so many picture books on her seventh birthday that her father thought her should give one or two to a little neighbor boy named Robert, who had dropped in, more by design than by chance. A few weeks later, the father went to his library to look up " father" in the Oxford English Dictionary, and he realized that was missing four volumes. After a little probe he discovered that his daughter has given four volumes to a man "much nicer than Robert", she said.


Actually, that father souldn't complain about his daughter because he taught her to share her possessions. It's so easy and nice to tell the children what they should or shouldn't do, but we must be careful not to be hypocrites...
He needs to live what he teaches. If he doesn't want to share his things with others, he should not expect that his daughter share too.

I thought that he is taking our picture...

Bully Boy

It was a common class in that morning and I was in my break time. I had finished my food and I decided walking around the patio of the school. The day was sunny and very warm. Many children were running and playing and I was waiting my friend Rose. I stopped in a shadow to rest a little and, I don't know why, I used to put my hands at waist. Suddenly, a "bully boy" approached of me and said with an angry voice: "What's wrong with you?"
I said: "Nothing". But he wanted to fight with me. I had never seen that boy in all of my life. He pushed me strongly and I fell.
When my friend Rose arrived with others friends, they helped me raise and we go back to the classroom.

Is it the End of the World?

We have heard about many earthquakes around the world. Said a NASA scientist that the earthquake in Chile left the days shorter on Earth. The suspicion is the scientist Richard Gross of the Jet propulsion Laboratory (Jet Propulsion) NASA, the U.S. space agency. This would have been a change in the planet's rotation. Gross used a complex model to make the calculation, wich detected a reduction of 1.26 microseconds (one second per one million) in the day. The earthquake shifted the axis of the planet of about 8 centimeters.


EARTHQUAKES IN SCRIPTURE: The word earthquake occurs about 20 times in the Bible and shake and shaking about the same number of times. These words are used mostly in relation to God’s judgments upon nations and people. Both Amos (Amos 3-14/15) and Zechariah (Zech. 14-5), speak of an earthquake in the ten tribe kingdom of Israel in the days of Uzziah, King of Judah, an earthquake


of such magnitude that it was remembered for generations afterwards. Amos wrote, "That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. And I will smite the winter house with the summer house: and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end". The most remarkable of earthquakes was the one in AD 29 which occurred as the Lord Jesus died on the cross. "The veil of the Temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent. And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints WHICH SLEPT AROSE". (Matthew 27-51/52). Surely a remarkable word picture prophecy of the second coming of the Lord Jesus when the earthquake will tear apart the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14-4), and "the dead in Christ shall rise first". (1 Thess. 4-16). Two separate earthquakes with similar results.

THE COMING GREAT EARTHQUAKE AND THE SECOND ADVENT: 520 years before the birth of the Lord Jesus, the Father caused the Prophet Haggai to write, "Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts"." (Haggai 2-6/7). Since nothing global has happened that has fulfilled this prophecy, we can be confident it is still future. AND, its more than coincidence that the north and south alignment of the Great Rift Valley fault is consistent with the prophetic dividing of the Mount of Olives into east and west sections when the Messiah’s feet stand upon it. See Zech.14-4.. …."And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which (is) before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south……". Nothing approaching this has ever been recorded, so we can assume that it is still future and connected with the coming of Messiah.

Cindy Petruska dos Reis!!!

My pet whith 2 weeks... I miss her a lot =[

The problem with human compassion

" On MARCH 13, 2002, a fire broke out in the engine room of an oil tanker about 800 miles south of Hawaii. The fire moved so fast that the Taiwanese crew did not have time to radio for help. Eleven survivors and the captain’s dog, a terrier named Hokget, retreated to the tanker’s forward quarters with supplies of food and water.

The Insiko 1907 was supposed to be an Indonesian ship, but its owner had not registered it. In terms of international law, the Insiko was stateless, a 260-foot microscopic speck on the largest ocean on Earth.

Now it was adrift. Drawn by wind and currents, the Insiko got within 220 miles of Hawaii. It was spotted by a cruise ship, which rescued the crew. But as the cruise ship pulled away, a few passengers heard the sound of barking.

The captain’s dog had been left behind on the tanker. The Society alerted fishing boats about the lost tanker and soon media reports began appearing about Hokget".

Eight years before Hokget saga began, the same world that showed extraordinary compassion for a dog sat on its hands as hundreds of thousands of human beings were killed in the Rwandan genocide.

Thousands of dollars was spent for the rescue this dog. With each passing day, the calls from around the world intensified asking: Had Hokget been found?

Well, this subject shows us the how human compassion is so visceral with a single lost animal and so abstract with genocide!

I think that the media helps to increase this problem showing subjects that touch the human heart. Some research shows that human compassion is more touched by small and isolated cases than the big catastrophes.

People prefer help somebody who is known by media and has become famous. In my humble opinion, the media is guilty for bringing unknown people so close to the population.

Friendship

Friendship... a union of spirits, a marriage of hearts.

HODJA STORIES - IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFERENCE

A group of religious men got into an argument about a question while they were together. Half of them said that it is proper walking on the right side when they are carrying a coffin that is going to the cemetery. The other half said that it is proper walking on the left side.

They couldn't agree and they were divided, so they decided to consult the Hodja, who was the leader of the group.

After a minute thinking, Hodja said: " It doesn't matter if you are walking on the left side or the right side. What matters is if you are inside or outside!"

Actually, Hodja said that we cannot spend our time with little things that aren't so important.

Dreams of God

The story of Joseph, is very similar to ours, he came from a complicated family, Jacob, his father had two wives, two concubines. Lia and Rachel, Bilhah and Zilpah had twelve children.Rachel, his mother died after his birth, Jacob loved more Joseph than the others, explicitly.
Joseph lived in a family with three stepmothers, eleven brothers and only one his mother's brother, but despite all that, he was chosen by God to be a success (Gen 37).

THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT JOSE DREAMED DREAMS OF GOD.
We need to have individual dreams and as a community, you need to have dreams in each area of your life. If you do not have dream do not go anywhere. (Ps 37:4).

DREAMS ARE THE SEEDS OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS.
Every great project starts with a small seed.
God has planted the seeds in us, we aren't seeing it now, but they have been planted, and we need to appreciate and value the small beginnings.

THE GREATNESS OF A MAN IS NOT MEASURED FOR WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT HIM, BUT BY WHAT DREAMS ARE IN YOUR HEART.

The Getaway

Then they stopped in the middle of the floor, turned around, reached inside their jackets, and pulled guns on us. Automatic pistols, I think they were. “You sit where you are and don’t move”.

When I saw this scene, I got nervous and I thought that was my end. In my mind, there was only thought: "Why did I enter this place?" My body was shaking and my desire at that moment was disappear from their eyes.

Suddenly, another car pulled up outside and quickly the doors opened and two policeman entered, changing that scene. They were looking for a restroom. While they were asking, the couple of "feed merchants" hid their guns and they said:

" Good bye friends! Glad to let you go!"

And all the guys said: “ Bye Bye”

Love...

When love touches the heart brings a greater sense that the passion.
Just one look, one touch and nothing else to do just as happy as you make me.

God has united our lives once and each day is the first again, as in the first glance nothing will ever change.

When love touches the heart
Time stops and the life becomes a song and there's nothing better than to love you ... I will never lose you, was God who gave me you

It's like being able to dream and never wake up.

I love so much this song.

Love!!!

The word love (Latin Love) lends itself to multiple meanings in English. It can mean affection, compassion, mercy, or even inclination, attraction, appetite, passion, and want, satisfaction, achievement, desire, libido, etc.. The most popular concept of love involves, in general, the formation of an emotional bond with someone, or some object that is able to accept this behavior and food loving the psychological and sensory stimulation necessary for their maintenance and motivation.

Love is any of a number of emotions related to a sense of strong affection and attachment. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure ("I loved that meal") to intense interpersonal attraction ("I love my husband" or "I love my friend from the bottom of my heart") . This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.


Have you ever had all these feelings? Put ones heart out!

Love or Passion...

Love is the most special feeling that someone may have


True love is more precious than riches and when you find someone you really love, you feel the happiest person in the world.

Love is the true meaning of life.

People say that the love is only beautiful, when we find someone who will become the best we can be.
I think it is true. True love does not anything in return, he just loves.It is common to confuse passion with love, although they are very different feelings. Each one has its beauty, its strength and intensity. It has been said that passion is a healthy state of imbecility, a wonderful state of temporary insanity and stupidity. So, one important thing between passion and love is the time. Time in the passion is limited, but in the love is infinite.

The Precious Stones of Axolotyl

Blue grama grass is a warm season tufted perennial grass. It is native to the short and tall grass prairies, and makes up 75% to 90% of the grasses found there. The prairies lie in central North America. Cold artic air currents blow in from the polar regions in the winter. Summers are hot and dry because the prairies lie in the middle of the continent, and don't get moisture from oceans. Blue grama can grow up to 18 inches tall. It grows as a bunch grass, forming open sod mats. As it matures and is grazed on by animals, the bunches grow together and form the thick sod. Blue grama is an important prairie grass because its dense, shallow root mass holds down the soil and keeps it from blowing away like it did during the Dust Bowl Era in the 1930s. Because the root system is shallow it can quickly absorb any rain that might fall.

Blue grama is 6 to 12 (15-30 cm) inches high. It has flat leaves that come to a point at the end. The leaves can grow from 1 to 10 inches (2.5-25 cm) long and 1/8 inch (3 mm) wide. The flower stems grow 7 to 18 inches (17-46 cm) tall. The flowers look like crescent moons perched on the end of the flower stem. A flower consists of 20 to 90 little spikelets. Blue grama flowers from June to August, depending on what part of the prairies its growin in, and how much moisture it gets.

When plowed under, or otherwise disturbed, it can take blue grama grass as long as 50 years to re-establish itself. On the prairies blue grama begins to grow late in the season, mid-April, when the soil is about 52° F (11° C). Blue grama goes dormant in the winter, and when there is a drought.

Blue grama likes to grow in full sun with well-drained good soil, and can stand drought, heat, cold, and mowing. Although it doesn't like shade, it can grow in open piñon forests. People use it instead of regular grass where there are dry areas, for grazing animals, and to control erosion. Some people use the flowers in dried flower arrangements and the plant is also used in rock gardens.

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