Saturday, February 2, 2013

Saturday

OK, been a little behind on the posts. I will do my best to catch up! I thought a great way would be to talk about our Saturdays thus far. Weird to think that we have already been here a month. We all love a good Saturday! Time to  kick back & enjoy ourselves or to catch up on things to be done. They have all been quite different. I will not bore you with the details but will just pick one thing we did each weekend. Sound like a plan??

Our first Saturday here in Davao was spent shopping shopping shopping for all types of  things. It is amazing the things that can be had here. I know that many of you probably like to shop…unfortunately, I really just do not. I am however very thankful that we have the selection that we do. Our house is starting to look and feel like our own!

Weekend number 2, we went to the bike “grave yard” or used bike lot. The kids sold their bikes before leaving Niger. Becca, in particular, really wanted a bike. Our neighborhood is perfect for one. So, we started to search and found that buying them used would be about 250 USD for the basic. Well, that would be times three or even five. So, we started to ask around & found out where we could buy them used. Bok, the owner, imports bicycle parts & partial parts from Japan. He even buys them on Ebay. You go & look through what he has, pick one out and even take it for a test. When you decide you are ready to deal, you find Bok and bargain with him. Bok’s guys get them ready for you  to buy….adding parts…seats, handle bars, rust removal etc. Was quite an experience.

The next weekend was just spent here. Just being here as a family. Love the lay low types of days. It was much needed.

Last weekend we took a ferry to The Island Garden City of Samal. Our plans for the day were to find Haglimit Falls and that we did. We did not swim this time and did get a discount because of the muddy water. It was pretty rural and the road was not great. We even had to be aware of livestock. It was nice to drive around and explore this lush little island. We will definitely be going back to climb the mountain, explore the bat cave and hopefully to enjoy a beach or two.

That brings us to today. Becca had to be at school early for a soccer clinic and Ben had his first basketball game. Drew enjoyed a very quiet morning home alone. Ben’s game was against some boys about his age from a local church. Leron & I enjoyed watching one of the kids from the opposing team. He was quite small. We did not even know that he was part of the team. He was wearing brown & I am sorry but a few pictures are blurry,  I was trying to show his height. His feet did not even touch the floor when he was sitting in his chair! He said he was 10, but as you will see from the pictures, he was pretty small. We enjoyed watching him because he was amazingly fast & a really good ball handler. I don’t think the boys on Ben’s team knew what to do. He was half their size but he stole the ball quite a few times! You may want to pay attention because in a few years he may be the 1st Filipino in the NBA!

So, all that to say…I think Saturday is quite WONDERFUL! We also  just finished unpacking a few of our things that we sent from Africa. Now just to get our big container from Manila to Davao. Been another fun Saturday & it is not even over….think we will swim & then grill up some burgers. Wonderful Saturday!

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