Our Very Important Cousin came for another visit and brought a...well, what is it, exactly? Hmmm....
Wow! A floating island! Looks like we have plans for the afternoon...
Too big for you to carry, Josiah? That's what trucks are for, eh?
Getting ready to take her out for a spin...
Isn't that a peaceful scene? [If only you could hear the squeals and shouts of delight...]
The floating island even comes with its own waterslide. Josiah bravely tried it out first.
Meanwhile, Mean Ol' Mama headed out in the canoe with her 3 close friends: Me, Myself, and I.
The floating island is always in view, though, so she doesn't get too lonely. Yeah, right...
A small cove was calling her name, but she and her 3 friends prudently steered the canoe back 'round to civilization...
After the death of his "mama" pigeon, Branch found himself a surrogate mother...er, father...well, he's the one in charge now! Poppins helped him research feeding options, and they set up a station to stuff those squeaky little fellows full of warm food.
Not to hurt the poor birds' feelings, you understand, but they sure aren't very P-R-E-T-T-Y. [Don't say it out loud, please; their feelings might be slighted...]
The Girl spent a whole 35 cents on 3 big boxes of very expensive, very new craft supplies. What a deal! As she was leaving the yard sale, the sweet little old lady (gotta love 'em) came out and gave her a brand new pasta machine from Italy, still in the box. Mean Ol' Mama looked up information on the machine and discovered that it costs $75.50!!! So, out came the flour and eggs...Fresh pasta with chick peas, olive oil, tons of black pepper, sweet basil, spicy globe basil, and 2 stalks of asparagus from the garden...Mmmmmm....
We had 2 good meetings in Cairo this evening. The first was in a small community called "Hotbed" (fabulous response!!), and the second was in a large Hispanic trailer park (another fabulous response!!). God was very good to us today: great preaching time, fresh pasta at lunch, more at supper (in a swiss sauce), and to top it all off: TAMALES!!!
We had 2 good meetings in Cairo this evening. The first was in a small community called "Hotbed" (fabulous response!!), and the second was in a large Hispanic trailer park (another fabulous response!!). God was very good to us today: great preaching time, fresh pasta at lunch, more at supper (in a swiss sauce), and to top it all off: TAMALES!!! 
