Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Kilah goes "native"

We have encouraged our children to embrace the Brazilian culture, but Kilah might have taken our advice too far. A primitive Brazilian tribe from several hours drive away from Sao Paulo, showed up one day at the home of some missionary friends of ours who have grandchildren attending PACA. They came to raise money for their church by selling genuine native artifacts like bows and arrows, blow guns, wooden swords, spears, etc. Fortunately for Kilah, she had just done some babysitting for a PACA family and was flush with cash the day the natives set up their sales table at the school. (We won't go into how it came about that we actually sold weapons at school - let's just say this is Brazil.) Kilah bought a full-sized bow with two arrows. When she got them home, before they became decorations for her bedroom walls, the spirit of the articles seemed to overtake her and she "went native" for a while, hunting her sisters and the dog. (Just kidding, all the photos were staged -- but it makes for good reading, doesn't it?) Kilah really enjoys having her weapons on the wall in her room. It makes the place feel very "homey?" For those of you who know Kilah, you can appreciate her somewhat unique sense of taste.