Saturday, July 19, 2008

What do you see...

...when you rent from horse and buggy Mennonites? We have a big, beautiful pond right in front of our trailer, and our landlords take advantage of it quite often. Last night a bunch of their grandchildren (the Hornings have 14 kids and piles of grandkids) went camping.

The boy clapping his hands in the middle is staying with his grandparents all summer. How many of you parents would send your young child to stay with their grandparents that long? It must be a cultural thing.


Of course you have to go swimming the next morning. Notice the little guy swinging off the rope. You can go way up that ladder and swing way out, dropping into about 10 feet of water. I'm thankful for the pond; there is nothing like a good swim after a hot day. Now you can see why it will be quite and adjustment for us to live in the city in Costa Rica; neither one of us are really looking forward to that.

We are leaving for a two-week trip to Michigan and Ohio in a little while, and would appreciate your prayers.

1 comments:

Jon Plank said...

I'm surprised they let you take their picture.