Afternoon Fun

Hope has become friends with one of our neighbors across the street. P'Suchee (the P' is a title of respect for an older sibling or friend, so this is how Hope refers to Suchee) is a teenage girl from Japan who is living here with her cousins while attending an international school. She speaks some English, some Thai, and of course Japanese.

Today she came over and played with Hope for quite a while. They played with our three baby chicks for a while. Then, for the first time, Suchee came inside our house. Hope has told her, "You can come inside if you'd like." It didn't ever seem like Suchee felt comfortable coming inside, but today I told her, "You're more than welcome to come in." And she took us up on our invitation.

Hope played with magnets with her, showed her what an Etch-A-Sketch is, and we all three played Butterfly Bingo together. It was very fun to have Suchee come over. She even read a Bible book to Hope. Then Suchee and Hope went back outside and played Frisbee. I found a frog that they played with for a little bit. Then they went down the road to visit some neighbors playing badminton. Right then it started raining, so everyone went back to their respective homes and we told Suchee we would see her later.

I hope that we have much more interaction with our neighbors.