Oh, the weather outside is frightful...
So a snowball fight sounds delightful!...
Since school is canceled today...
We'll just hang out and play!
It's not every day you get to see snow-covered palm trees!
When we DO have a snowstorm in our Middle Eastern town, people come out of their homes to play...Well, a few kids and families, but mostly the "shabbab," or young men.
It was quite entertaining to watch the boys play outside with their dad, engaging probably 20 different teens and 20-somethings in a major snowball fight, many throwing snowballs from their moving cars.
See the guys across the street with their snowballs ready to launch?
"Don't shoot! I'm unarmed!"
After about 90 minutes of fighting, they were all ready to go home. So our neighbors came over to shake our "team's" hands, and congratulated Dad on his strong throwing arm. All those years of baseball finally paid off!
And when it was all over, there was spiced tea and peppermint hot chocolate on the stove...
hot bagel sandwiches from the sandwich maker, and
2 crockpots of roast beef, potatoes, and carrots, and...
pinto beans cooked with the leftover pieces from
this Thanksgiving ham!
And fresh homemade bread from this bread maker
(a gift from a friend who left here a while back ago).
Now just pray that our electricity holds out!!
Truly we are thankful today, for our family and neighbors, and the life God has given us here. Our life is always interesting and full of surprises! What better way than a snowstorm to help us meet our neighbors!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
