Some of my favorite moments from vacation so far.
–We arrived really early in the morning and decided that our first stop would be McDonald’s (we can’t find breakfast sausage anywhere in Bolivia or Peru). Mom was so excited about everything that she wanted to take a picture of us in front of McDonald’s. “Wow, people are really going to think we’re from the sticks,” Trent said, “They’re gonna think we’ve never seen a McDonald’s.” When we got inside, the line was kind of long. Trent and I had been there for a while when we looked over at my family. Mom, dad, and my sister were making quite a scene over there, playing with Jack and snapping a million pictures. Later a lady walked over and said, “This must be your first grandchild.”
–Our 4-year-old nephew was looking at Jack for a while and finally said, “He has a big head.”
–Sunday we talked with and showed pictures to the kids’ Sunday school class. We were trying to explain how different life is for a Quechua kid than their lives are. But since Shepherd is a pretty small town, some of that didn’t quite work. When we told them they tend sheep, one boy said, “I see one of those everyday on the way to school.” When we said they eat lots of potatoes, one girl chimed in, “We just helped my grandma dig some of those up yesterday.” Things finally sunk in when we told them that Quechua kids only bathe once a week. But I think they were a little jealous about that one.
–Jack’s first trip to the beach. He really didn’t like the sand, especially when we didn’t let him eat it.
