Taking in a Child! (Jan. 2009)

In November, we received a call from Mitch Spence about a Brazilian he had met down town at Temple Square. He said he seemed like a great guy and that he thought it would be great it we could call him up and spend some time with him since Jeff is part Brazilian. We quickly agreed and started hanging out with him immediately. He spent Christmas Eve with our family and was a joy to hang around. In January 2009, he wanted to find a better place to stay, because of the amount he was paying at the hotel. So, because of all of our extra space in our large house we decided to take him in. JK!!! The poor thing slept in our 4 ft. tall shelf basement!!!!! He stayed there from January to March and it was such a great thing for all of us.
In Portuguese, his nick name was “Ninho”. To me that sounded so odd, because in Spanish that means Child. So, I began calling him Child and he started calling me Mom. He and Jeff had a lot of fun together speaking Portuguese and playing soccer. They joined a killer indoor team, and had an amazing season winning no games!! Pretty funny! It worked out great, because “Child” loved watching chick flicks and eating sweets, so Jeff would go out and play basketball late at night, and we would stay home and do what we both enjoyed: watching chick flicks and eating sweets! It was great!
He was so kind while staying with us, the three of us really grew close, and it was sad to say good bye. Jeff and I look forward to our trip to Brazil when we will be put up by our Child!

Here are some pics of what we did while we had Marcelino with us.