Sunday Morning

It’s about 8:30 here on Sunday morning.  There is a nice breeze coming in from outside, Maranatha is playing inside, we ate French Toast for breakfast with Maple Syrup and we are all healthy and content.  Well, except Jack who has decided he hates sitting on the potty!  He’ll get over it!  It really is beautiful here this morning. We love mornings like this.  Our service at church doesn’t begin till 10 am so we get to enjoy a slow quiet morning. 

We have one more week before we go back to classes again. Last week was nice and long and we were able to knock of some big projects that had been on our to-do lists.  This week will be more of the same but will have some relaxing elements to it as well.  “What do we do for relaxation here”, you might ask?  Well, there is a hotel in town that is easy for us to get to by public transportation and they have a really nice pool.  There is a little wading area, even Jack can stand up in.  We can order lunch by the pool and play for a few hours and except for the 5x a day call to prayer, broadcast all over the city, you’d never know you were in a foreign country!  We also have several little restaurants that cater to westerners, one of which is a little sandwich and fancy coffee drinks shop, called Fru Fru’s.  Joel’s been already but I hope to go this week with a girlfriend.  We also have a great big back yard and we just got some lawn furniture for it so maybe we’ll set up Jack’s blow up pool or the sprinkler and he can play in the water while we enjoy the great outdoors.  There is a place toward town called the Poncesilla. It’s similar to the town square and there are dozens of little vendors selling snacky foods, rides on little motor powered kiddie cars, and there are always lots of people there just hanging out. 

SO it’s not hard to find ways to relax.  I, Bethany left my scrapbooking stuff home so that hobby will have to wait till I can get it here.  Joel is hoping to get a bike soon so he can ride about the mountains.  Apparently there are some good trails around – it will be great exercise for him and a wonderful brain breather. 

We hope, on this Sunday morning in June, you are able to rest as we are. Relax a bit with your family and thank God for them.  Enjoy a time of peace and quiet together. Read a book, watch the stars, or play in the sprinkler.  Whatever you do, enjoy the people God has surrounded you with.  We are!