His children Djiego, Bruna, Mariana and Suweli, together with his wife Rita, wait impatientely every evening for the return of their beloved hero Elenildo.Notwithstanding his own daily exhaustion, he is filled with love and joy at seeing his own family, never failing to tell a joke, or bring a toy recovered from the street, or simply a smile to lighten the burden of a life lived in poverty.
