A Day in the Parque (updating for September 2010)

Sometimes we miss our children and the deep woods and cool green mountains of Pennsylvania but God has not forgotten what is dear to our hearts and what restores us and He sometimes blesses us with a day that brings those memories to life (more or less ; ).

One day we drove about 45 minutes out of Lisbon to help watch the two little girls of our friends while they were doing some important things for their ministry. We drove out of their town to the small city of Caldas da Rainha and went to the park in the  middle of town. It is a beautiful park with lots of trees and shade and even a small donut shaped lake with a little island in the middle.

What made the day even more fun was seeing some other friends from Lisbon, with their 4 children, at the same play area, even though neither of us knew the other's plans for the day. In the middle of some really tough weeks of language school, that weekend was just what we needed to give us a break and to experience things that give us joy.

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