2013/05/22

Of Frogger...

Our favorite "game" to play in China is Frogger. Not the fun and addictive arcade game that you are most likely thinking of... I'm talking about real-life Frogger.

Where we live in China, the main roads are four- and six-lanes wide. After getting off the public bus, we must weasel our way in and out of four steady streams of traffic to get to our school. Sometimes there are no cars in sight, and so we take our time crossing. Yet other times we get trapped on the double yellow, with cars zipping by us on both sides. Being located on top of a hill only adds to the fun- what type of, and how many, vehicles could be hurtling toward us?

At the very least, playing this "game" reminds us that we are "but a breath," (Psalm 39:5) and that He could call us Home at any moment.

Running in the middle of the road? Why not?

(And we've heard that by October, the four-lane roads will have morphed into six-lane roads. They say it is to ease congested traffic, but Daniel and I know it's because the local government deemed our Frogger skills worthy enough, and they're taking our favorite game to a whole new dimension. We see this as the ultimate level-up.)

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