Silent Saturday

Wanted a photo of silence for today, when we remembered Jesus dead in the tomb; the next minute we made a noise, and all the turtles plopped into the water. 

This is right next to Guillame and Kasia's house, they invited us for a beer at 6pm, but we ended up eating with them and going straight to church at 9:30 in our scruffy clothes (not at all the done thing in Mourão, oh well) for the Easter service, with all its drama of a dark and bare church coming slowly to life and light as the whole story of salvation is read from various passages of the Old and New Testaments, and the Hallelujah is sung again after not being sung all during Lent. 

I loved this Hallelujah sung by two sisters.

Gratefuls:
- Maria at the market showing me how to make a dish with her broad beans, and it turning out good
- little Mira wanting to sit on my lap at teatime
- that Jesus conquered death, our final enemy