Over the past few days Luke and I have had several English speaking adventures - yeah! Our first adventure was visiting an English speaking Baptist Church. We met several wonderful people - including someone from my hometown. The service was a special children’s service - Luke was a little disappointed that he couldn’t go to Bible class. He has already asked several times this week if he can go to class next time.
After church, Luke and I met Bill at McDonald’s for lunch. While enjoying our lunch, we received a phone call and dinner invitation. After lunch, we enjoyed a walk to the main train station where we bought kabobs for grilling with our friends. Now I assumed we were just going to our friends house to enjoy grilling and eating on the back porch - I was pleasantly surprised and terrified when I learned the actual dinner plan. We actually rode bikes into the forest. Now I have always heard the statement its as easy as riding a bike - well, the last time I rode a bike was in junior high. It was quite challenging and scary at first, but eventually I started to get the hang of it. Luke on the other hand was a natural. Luke rode on the back of a tandem bike - this was his first time on a bike. He love it and had wonderful balance. While in the forest, Luke and our friends’ son caught tadpoles. They also caught a leach. Luke brought several home - tadpoles, not leaches - I’m hoping it will turn into a nice learning opportunity. Even with my fear of bike riding, we had a wonderful night.
Through a family at church, we learned about an Expat preschool playgroup. The following day, Luke and I joined the playgroup for a picnic and Easter egg hunt. Sadly, this was Luke’s first egg hunt - even though he’s four. I’m not sure what happened in previous years, but somehow we just didn’t do much egg hunting. Anyway, Luke was super excited. Moms were informed to allow their kids to find 15 eggs - Luke was happy with 6, I had to convince him to look for more. After collecting 10 he was more into looking at his treasures instead of finding more eggs. Luke thought it was really nice for the Easter Bunny to leave him eggs.
