Yesterday I had the pleasure of filling in for Bob while he and Rachel finished their much needed and well-earned vacation.
I started my message with a story about a trip and fear [read that here] but I never finished the story. So, here goes.
After a long series of small turns we finally turned into a driveway and headed towards their house. When we got there, we were immediately reassured to see a house and not a "killing fields." Of course, the whole idea that these people were serial killers and not normal people was silly all along! But needless to say I was relieved to find that they had a normal house.
Our hosts were normal enough for country people. The husband never really warmed up to us but his wife was very friendly and nice. We had a nice visit and we have some fond memories from that trip. Most notably…
1. Who needs blinds? The room in the house that we slept in on the first floor didn’t have blinds! This bugged Kristen to no end… she was really worried that she’d wake up and their 12 year old son would be staring at us. It never happened and having no blinds made for a nice way to wake up.
2. Megan got bit by a goat. I can’t explain it, but I’ve had a long-standing fascination with goats. I was really happy to learn that their next door neighbor had a large herd of goats that he raised for the Hmong population in town. So on our visit I took Megan over to the goats to check them out. Megan was very pleased to see them and was happily feeding them when a little one chomped on her little finger! She screamed and cried… but it was just a little nip. Another fun memory.
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