Sunday Funday

Sunday Funday (June 18)

We had a classic Kimmy-Stu mess around after a delicious lunch prepared by our madres en la Republica Dominicana. We were invited by our new 11 year old friends Donny, DeJuan, Eunio, Jeremy, Ramsey, and Kevin to go play baseball at a  local field. The kids hit a few dingers despite the intense heat (the weather, not Kim's arm). 

   After a long time playing baseball in the hot sun, a group of the boys ran off to return some equipment they borrowed from a friend, but to our surprise they returned with two bottles of cold water. They used their own money to pay for it. We told them to drink first, but they insisted that we did, so we kindly accepted and took small sips before sharing with the group. Their kindness was unexpected but very much appreciated. 

  On our way home we were passing a river, and saw some people jumping off the bridge for a 30 foot free fall into the water. The whole "If your friend jumped off a bridge, would you?" scenario actually happened. Stu bravely jumped first and Kim followed with some encouragement. The water was cool, refreshing and totally worth the soggy walk home. 

  We knew that the boys appreciated and enjoyed our company and we hope they could understand how much we enjoyed our time with them. Their fun-loving personalities, passion for baseball, and selfless hospitality will be remembered by us and have been a trip highlight for these two people persons and avid baseball fans. 

Quick hits:

• Andrew broke a chair by sitting too aggressively
• Gillian took a 5 hour nap. She worked hard today.
• Jimmy's approval rating is highest with older Dominican women
• Multiple children have tried to pet Evan's mustache
• Rob taught one lesson at Sunday School and earned the honor of sitting next to the principal at graduation 
• Deidre's been getting swole the last few days
• Deja wants to kidnap an enthusiastic, tone-deaf, 70 year old with a maraca

-Kim & Stu