The view of the back two rows in our vehicle during the drive was lovely... filled with big smiles, laughter, good conversations, and some sleepy heads. Probably the funniest part of the drive was Cody saying, "Don't sing Ate Reg, you're not a singer!" Ouch. That one hurt.... but they're still best friends:) It was about a 7 hour ride each way and no pukes this time- yay Cody! On the way home we didn't stop once.... 7.5 hours is a long time for the boys to be strapped in without a break (maybe too long!) but they were happy the whole time! They amaze me.
We visited the Anabaptist Mennonite Church of Castaneda Sunday morning. We were so warmly welcomed and enjoyed spending time with some wonderful people. A friend of ours at this church asked us to help her get more Anabaptist materials for Adult Sunday School... we are very excited to get some great materials translated into Tagalog for the Integrated Mennonite Churches. Here's a picture of the whole church family...
We had a ton of help keeping the kids amused during the service and while we waited for the lunch to be cooked, a lovely lady held a very sleepy Makai for about an hour and this was the result.....
And literally right next to Makai falling asleep, Darnell was at the mic singing U2 with a full band behind him, including Cody:) I can't believe Makai fell asleep to all that noise! Here's what Cody was doing while Makai slept....
We also had a great time visiting a Bishop at this newly built church in a nearby community.... (can you spot where Makai is sleeping?)
The pastor took us to a dam just down the street from the church. There was once a whole town where this water is now.... when the water is low you can sometimes see the cross on the top of the old church. The community was displaced up the hill and sadly enough, the towns surrounding this dam have no electricity for several months at a time. We were staying at our friend Reg's grandparents house and we had a lovely view of this big dam.... but no power. Ironic and very sad.
Some other memorable moments include a midnight wake-up when Cody fell of his bed! We put him in his tent, thinking that he'd be safer in there because he's not used to such a narrow bed not against a wall, but the whole tent, with him inside, fell right off the bed and he was squished between the small space between the bed and the wall.... oh dear! Poor guy... he slept with us the rest of the night. Other sleep events included Makai being up until 12am the first night (doesn't work to transfer him from his carseat to the bed when in a new place, I guess!) and likely keeping the whole house full of people up. Sorry! The second night he woke up at 5am and I couldn't get him back to sleep.... with no electricity, I was up for a good hour playing in the dark and trying to keep him quiet so he wouldn't wake everyone up before I could venture to other parts of the house.... oh the joys! Needless to say, I was pretty bagged after the trip! But we all had a really great time :)
Darnell is heading back up north for the Integrated Mennonite Church North District Conference tomorrow morning and is looking forward to more discussion and learning. He'll come back late Friday night and then Saturday we're having Makai's 1st birthday party! I'm excited to celebrate our little guy with lots of friends here! And on Tuesday we head to Thailand for 8 days.... we're attending the South East Asia Anabaptist Retreat and also spending a couple days in Bangkok for a short holiday. For Makai's 1st birthday and my 30th we'll be in Thailand... should be fun!
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