You know you live in Africa when in your 3-5 year old Sunday School class there are more kids who HAVE eaten grasshoppers than have not. Sorry John the Baptist, your food choices are no big deal with this crowd!
Monthly Archives: January 2018
No More Surf
Today we said good-bye to a good friend. See him in the picture with us?
We sold our faithful Toyota Hilux Surf. We’ve had some great adventures with him over the last 5 years! From working our way through some rough and muddy roads exploring the back corners of Malawi, to the dirt roads and pot holes in our own neighborhood, he’s been reliable and tough. We can’t imagine a better car for our family, but he’s 21 years old now and starting to show his age. Unfortunately they don’t make Surfs anymore, so he was our last. (Yep, we had another Surf before him!)
The Surf has gone to a great new owner who knows his value, so we are happy. And I’m sure we’ll figure out how to still have adventures without him!
MacGyver
Every once in a while, I get to MacGyver something. The latest, my flip-flops:
I love Haviana flip-flops, and I wear them about 80% of the time. I know, they have no support and are killing my feet, but they are so easy, they breathe great in the heat, and they dry quickly in the rains. So when my only pair of Haviana flip-flops broke, I needed to fix them.
The causality was the little button on the bottom of the shoe that holds the toe straps to the sole. Glueing it back together does not work – tried that before. So this time I used a large safety pin, as seen in the picture above. It works great! It’s been there since the beginning of December (6 weeks now), and the only drawback has been that it gets caught in thick carpet. But really, we live in the tropics and thick carpets aren’t very common in our hot wet weather, so it’s really not a problem!
Yes, I will buy myself a new pair of Havianas when we are next on furlough, but for now: problem solved!
Back to Everything
The holidays are over and we are back to “normal life” around here. But we had a great time…
Decorating cookies with friends
Making little gingerbread houses with more friends (yes, even the dads!)
Decorating the house for Christmas
Hosting and enjoying 3 nights of IBF Christmas parties in our home!
(We love the Christmas parties!)
We also got to enjoy giving gifts
And receiving them!
Playing with baby lizards in the early rains
And getting to be a little fancy!
It was a nice break, but we are eager to get back in the regular routine of things around here. Like blogging! 😁