30 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 22--Boy Scouts

People are always a little surprised to find out that we have Boy Scouts here--yes, Boy Scouts of America. It is actually a fun mix of American, Canadian, Korean, French, and British Boy Scouts that attend these bi-monthly events. 

Once a month, Henry and Andrew attend meetings at the US Embassy, where they have been able to get a behind the scenes tour of what goes on there. 

Their other monthly activity involves exploring Nicaragua--usually an overnight campout or a day hike. 

 

 

We are thankful for Boy Scouts because it encourages Henry and Andrew to spend some quality father-son time together, because it allows them to build friendships outside of our missionary community "bubble," and because it gives them the opportunity to have adventures that they wouldn't necessarily be able to do with the women of the family (for example, Ruth would NOT have been excited to go on the no-electricity, no-campfire, rain-all-night, gross-bathroom campout at the Turtle Reserve that they were at last night.)