CHILDHOOD HOME

Describe your childhood home. What was your favorite room?

During my childhood (up to 10), I like in four houses in Brazil and maybe the same or more houses in the USA so it is not so easy. The second house we lived in, from 6-10 years old, was my favorite. Located on a quite street in the otherwise busy city of Rio de Janeiro, it was one of two brand new "mission houses." The houses were side-by-side at the bottom of the mountain where the Baptist Seminary was located. At one end of the street was the Baptist School (covering basically K-12). There was no yard to speak of on our lot; the other house did have a nice grassy area in the back. The Suttons lived in the other house. Naturally, we became very close. Their son, JES, was my closest friend.

I am not sure what room was my favorite; I remember so little about the inside. What I do remember is the large rock hill in the back yard. When I say "large" I mean that there was a 30ft high outcrop of limestone in the backyard. It was not a gentle slope but also not impossible to climb. There was just a small patch of dirt between the rock and the house. I tried to garden there. But the dirt layer was just too small for anything to grow.