Oh, by the way- there were some little "strange" things as they were leaving. First of all, they were wonderful people, and we became lifelong friends. As they were leaving, we were hugging and saying goodbye, and there is a little sign at our house with each family members name on a snowman. So, they were joking that we need more snowmen on our sign and have to add Pedro and Henrique since they are now part of the family.
I said that I would love to see where they live sometime. Henrique ran to Google Earth to show me. Well, they also pulled up their maternal family name, too. Their middle names (the mothers last name) are Ala Tara. On google earth, their street name came up. They live on Lorena St. in Sao Paolo.
My daughter's name is Tara, and my name is Lorena.
I was shocked. It was like some very strange cosmic coincidence. I asked them if they realized that- and Henrique said yes that he had realized it right away but forgot to mention it. That's why they felt safe coming to couch surf with us. That it must have been ok. That was the first time they've ever done this, although Henrique has tried to do it before. It was the first time we'd ever done it, too.
Anyway, I thought I'd just share the strangest part of the whole experience!