Friday was a holiday, our president being inaugurated into office, again. We called up our friends, the Ramirez family, to see if they wanted to hang out in the afternoon and take a hike. They did a bit of shifting of their schedule and we took off mid-afternoon and headed down toward their house. They live about 20 mins from here and the scenery changes pretty dramatically as you get closer to their home. There are tall trees and green grass and open spaces and a big river and impressive cliffs. We love to go out there cause it makes us feel like we're in another part of the country that is more wild and lush.
Our view as we set out...we ended up on the far left, by the river.
It was nice to enjoy a rain-free day (we aren't getting many of those as rainy season really shows its stuff) with our friends and celebrate their sons' birthday. Saturday we had a wedding, which I spent most of exploring the church with Natalie, who wasn't feeling like sitting quietly. Then some more prep for a double baby shower I was hosting at our house on Sunday. Church was awesome and because Natty slept through most of the service, she was awake enough for me to spend a good amount of time at the end catching up with friends I haven't had a chance to talk to since we returned. I love my church! Some more cleaning and prep in the afternoon and then the baby shower in the evening- starting about an hour and a half later than the stated starting time... Lots of ladies showed up to party and celebrate the lives of these 2 little boys that will be coming into the world in a matter of days. One woman, Claudia, is a friend that lives one street over and I will enjoy visiting her and the newborn and helping in whatever ways I can. It's good that God has created us to live together and serve each other.
Now, I am finding today a restful day- cleaning up around the house, catching up on emails, reading a handful of challenging and encouraging stuff from desiringgod.org. Natty seems to have some sort of stomach bug and is sleeping most of the day, which makes it even more restful for me
Natty discovers the art of dipping french fries in ketchup.
2 comments:
Sounds like you have jumped back in to a really busy time. Continuing to pray for you guys.
So glad to hear you are adjusting to life back in LaPaz so quickly. Any problem with the altitude on your return? Loved the pictures on this blog. Made me home sick.
Orlene
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