{"id":5682,"date":"2023-08-04T16:05:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2023-08-04T21:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:38:40","slug":"family-update-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?p=5682","title":{"rendered":"Family Update – July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Donna:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0 Amid the displeasure of having to say goodbye\u00a0 to Emanuel at the end of last month we\u00a0\u00a0 experienced the joy of receiving Gabriel to our home and also to our homestead!\u00a0\u00a0 Gabriel\u00a0\u00a0 lent his strength and helping hands to our new\u00a0\u00a0‘eco-agricultural’ project and was\u00a0\u00a0our first guest and family member to enjoy the first-fruits of the land! When starting any new project, there is\u00a0\u00a0 so much to do, so much to plan, that it\u00a0 can be overwhelming. So, here is some of the progress that was made: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jorge and Gabriel rigged a tarp above the entrance area of the agricultural\u00a0\u00a0building,\u00a0\u00a0which for now is used for storage.
Jorge was able to set up a makeshift dining room inside this area so we could enjoy a respite from the intense sunshine outside as the temperature was rapidly increasing by the\u00a0 minute!
We enjoyed our first meal on location and ,as per necessary, a welcomed siesta!:) Gabriel proceeded to the brush cutting operation in the heat of the day. armed with the\u00a0\u00a0 shoulder strapped\u00a0\u00a0 brush\u00a0 cutter. and his turkish agro pants!
Donna was able to collect grapes ready and ripe to harvest, adjust vine\u00a0 placements, as well as relieve the heavy leaden plum trees from the weight of their delicious plums. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, it was a wonderful first day of work in our new project, but unfortunately the experience was short lived.
The very same evening Jorge came down with a high feverm which\u00a0 resulted in a sleepless night in the camper van. We decided to head home the next day as we really weren’t set up to deal with viruses and the intense heat wave hitting the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparing the van for the journey home, Jorge noticed the front punctured tire. \ud83d\ude41 Fortunately we were able to locate, and buy some new tires\u00a0\u00a0in a garage nearby, but it did take a good chunk of the day to get them installed.
Exhausted as we were,\u00a0 it was Gabriel who drove us all home in record time without a glitch!\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Well, we can’t really tell you the name of the virus that hit us, but it was a strong one and it had both Jorge and I down for about one week, with   another week necessary for full recovery. Thank God no one else contracted it and we are so happy to be up and about again! Thank God the human body can heal itself if we give it the right conditions to do so. We stuck with our usual arsenal of garlic, vit. C. herb teas along with lots of water and rest doused with a good dose of prayer! Praise God for His healing touch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0On the other side of the world, Benjamim was back in the spotlight this month with the Macau TDM music awards!\u00a0\u00a0 Ben won two awards for his song “Wait Till Summer”, which he wrote and produced along with recording all the vocals and instrumental accompaniments. He received the prize for Best Performance and Favorite Song. It was great to see him on stage again and I am sure we will be seeing more of him in the future!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Gloria has finished her Erasmus program and has returned home. Gloria enjoyed her time in Pisa and now has contacts with other medical students in different areas of the country. Praise the Lod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile, Gabriel is in Turkey with Selen and enjoying it, in spite of the heat wave there too. Not least, we heard a lot of good things about Emanuel’s family visit with Philip’s family on the Far West of the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We share with you some images of the month here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gabriel and mom : eating the fruits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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first meal at the farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flat tire on a super hot day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Farm images:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hammock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Abrunhos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cutting olive branches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Extra shade for a sunny day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mom: our grapes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cutting tall grass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Home images:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The last supper before Emanuel’s Departure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Emanuel in Baixa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other images:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nuno and Cristy with Gabriel and Jason – relaxing time together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gabreel and Jason on the road – Alentejo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ben: Live at TDM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Double prize for Ben<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Emanuel and Philip – Brothers on the track <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Miranda and Philip – friendly reunion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Funny moments: Riley, Isabel, Zach and Aurora (of Philip and Julie and Emanuel and Miranda)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

‘\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.’ – Lamentations 3:22-23<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Donna: \u00a0 Amid the displeasure of having to say goodbye\u00a0 to Emanuel at the end of last month we\u00a0\u00a0 experienced the joy of receiving Gabriel to our home and also to our homestead!\u00a0\u00a0 Gabriel\u00a0\u00a0 lent his strength and helping hands … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordproject_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5682"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5709,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5682\/revisions\/5709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}