Jahoda, our pet

Our kids have been wanting a pet so badly since we moved here. And we have been telling them that when we get settled and if God gives us a house someday, we can get a pet. But we also told them that they can pray about it and maybe God will say 'yes' to their prayers and give them one sooner.

Today their prayers were answered. I was excited the other day because they had fresh strawberries at the grocery store in Hlinsko, so I bought some. Today I was washing them and cutting them up for Hannah and Grace to snack on, and I was surprised to see a snail snacking on them first! Naturally, Hannah being the all-things-slimy-expert, declared that he should be out pet now and live with us because he didn't have parents anymore.

We had just been practicing some Czech words with the girls and "jahoda" was one they were learning. It is Czech for strawberry. And so for the price of a pack of strawberries, we not only got a great healthy snack, but we also got a pet! Meet Jahoda the snail...