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Back to Nature

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Our new home here in Recife is situated in a very rural location. It is full of wildlife and fruit, and we plan to plant more produce and get animals soon. The last few months has seen Tony doing lots of manual work to get the place ready to become a shelter for girls. In the future we hope to incorporate looking after the land and animals as part of the therapy and development for the kids we will take in. There are so many different fruit trees, many of which don't have an English name. The fruit is too much for Tony to pick it all, but each week he picks enough for the 3 families for the week. We have Banana, Limes, Oranges, Acerola, Star fruit, Mango, Coconut and many others. Tess is becoming a bit of a farm girl and always wants to be outside. Her favourite fruit is "Pitanga" a bitter red fruit that has low branches that she can pick for herself. She is learning which fruits she can and can't eat and shows everything to mum before she eats it! We also have severa

Settling into a new season

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The hobbit hole finally livable, the new charity registered as an NGO, arrival of Maggie the puppy and little Clara Beatrice entered the world.. ( with a lot of encouragement!) all since our last blog entry! To say that the last few months have been crazy is an understatement. I think we have all come out the other side without too many scratches.. we are a little sleep deprived still and these hard times always make us miss our family and friends more, but we are grateful to God for all that he has done, all he has provided and for being our Rock through the manic-ness! Here are just a few photos to sum up the last 3 months! We will be writing a newsletter soon so look out for that! All looking a little older!  Before After Before After Tired doesn't even come into it!  ..but Tess is coping well.. especially with some art therapy and Pirate relaxation techniques.