Okay maybe the caption should say, "Haitian Style" instead. Eric Home Teaches a family in our congregation from who immigrated here 4 months ago from Haiti. Their story is really miraculous. They meet at University and both studied to be accountants but because of the lack of jobs in Haiti they wanted to leave and find a better life. They were able to get 5 year work permits in Brazil and showed up 4 months ago by plane with all of their personal belongings with them planning for a new life. They both speak French and Haitian Creole and Clifton speaks English. They are both learning Portuguese. It's amazing what people will do to try and find a better life. I am so impressed by them. Right now Monique is working as a maid in someone's house and Clifton is teaching English a few hours a week. Of course they are both hoping to get better jobs soon.
For those of you who are not LDS here is what www.lds.org says about Home Teaching.
Home teaching is the responsibility of all Melchizedek Priesthood holders and of those who are teachers and priests in the Aaronic Priesthood. As part of their responsibility to watch over the members of the Church, home teachers visit their assigned families at least once each month to teach and strengthen them. Home teachers establish a relationship of trust with these families so that the families can call upon them in times of need. http://www.lds.org/topics/home-teaching
Eric got home early on Thursday night because Friday was a National Holiday and people were already taking off for the weekend. I should clarify that early means 5:30. So I suggested we have Clifton and Monique over for dinner and have her do mani/pedi's. I had been invited this week to go get Mani/Pedi's with my neighbor, but wasn't able to go. It also sounded like a better idea to have Monique come to our house and pay her (since any extra money for them is huge) than go somewhere I have never been before.
Monique showed up with her own auto clave thing to clean her equipment and a bag full of supplies. She was prepared!
I had been told by my neighbor that Mani/pedi's in Brazil are different than in the US. They don't have big spa chairs, but they do a much more thorough job on manicuring the nails. Plus the paint the whole nail and are very meticulous about making sure that every surface is covered. She was RIGHT! I don't think I have ever had a better Mani/Pedi!!! The girls were also excited that they got to get both too. It was a big treat for them!
Brazilian's take nail care and personal grooming very seriously.
She did such a good job it took a while. Here they are in their PJs.
The finished product
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