Sunday, December 16, 2012

Day 39: What is THAT????

This morning was our last Sunday at New Creation.  It is amazing how many people we have gotten to know over the last few weeks!  As we walked in, people asked us if this was our last week and wished us well on for our trip home.  Pastor Grant met us in the hall and asked if we were ready to head back home.  Yes…..no……maybe??  Yes!  We are ready to be back with family and friends.  No!!  We are not ready for the cold!! J  We also had a chance to chat with some of our friends both before and after church and make sure we are connected before we head back home.  We had our last delicious post-service tea and scone and we said goodbye to New Creation.  What an amazing church!! J

After church, we headed back to the guesthouse for lunch.  The skies were clear and the sun was hot, so after lunch and a concert from Jeff the Giraffe and Chocolate the Lion, the boys put on their suits to take advantage of the sun in the pool!  Yes, I am a chicken and didn't want to freeze. :)  I also got a bit of a sunburn on my head in Pretoria the other day, so I didn't want to add insult to injury.  Nicolas had a great time in the pool, especially because it's been almost a week since he was able to go in!  They played in the pool until just before dinner time.

We ran to the store to grab a few things and then Nicolas opened the restaurant again for the evening.  He took Kevin's order and prepared his regular table.  Thankfully, he had a reservation because it was a busy night! :)  Our 'guest' said that he food was so delicious the cook should receive a raise of double her pay.  Go me! :)  Another bonus, he brought his credit card so he could actually pay for his dinner tonight.  Nicolas charged him $4900 rand (about $612) for his meal.  I don't think his restaurant is going to make it........

After dinner, the boys did homework and then we asked Nicolas to write a story.  He was struggling to find his inspiration....and then it flew in through the slider door.  It flew round and round our room......I thought it was a bird.  I thought it was going to finds its way out on its own, but then it landed right outside the door to our room.  It remained still long enough for Kevin to confirm that it was not a bird, it was a small bat.  Nicolas had run over to me on the bed, so the two of us were snuggled on the side of the bed.  It wasn't until I knew it was a bat that I was freaked out.  Before that I was telling Nicolas that it was okay and he didn't have to be scared.  I'm not sure why bats are so much scarier than birds (maybe because I can remember my parents trying to get a bat out of our cabin when I was little?) but it made all the difference.  Kevin grabbed a plastic bag and a spatula to try to pick it up and get it back outside.  He got it to crawl onto the spatula and was almost to the door when I thought it would be a great idea to get a picture of it for blogging purposes.  BAD IDEA!  Just as I was taking the picture, it started flying again and it flew over by us.  I freaked out and hid down the side of the bed with Nicolas.  It then proceeded to land on the bed, which I did not approve of.  By this time, Kevin had the spatula in one hand and his phone in the other to record how ridiculously I was acting.  I was yelling at him to make it go outside and then it started flapping on the bed.  Again, I am freaking out.  Nicolas, in the mean time, is just sitting next to me.  It did fly out after that, so I yelled at Kevin to hurry and close the door.  Unfortunately for the reading audience, the video is too large to upload until we get home.  Stay tuned for that.....

What better way to end the night, right?  Nicolas was wired after that (as you might imagine), so he hung out with us for a bit before getting ready for bed.  He made sure to take his flashlight to the bathroom with him to brush his teeth to make sure there were no more bats. :)

On that note, it's bed time.......hopefully I will not be haunted by the creepy little bat eyes in my sleep......

Goodnight!

5 more days until we come home!! :)

The Longstreets

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