Immersed in Water
We bought a small inflatable kid's pool . For the most part, it's Nadia's but I like putting my feet in on these hot days while I'm watching her splash around in it. She's fun to watch, gleefully jumping in the water making splashes as much as 3 inches of water in a 4-foot diameter pool can make.

I am reminded of one of the scenes of one of "The God's Must Be Crazy" movies (I don't remember which one) where two children who live in a very water-scarce part of Africa come across an abandoned water tank truck that still is full. The older one, a girl, decides to see what's in the tank. When she discovers that it's full of water, she jumps in and invites her younger brother to do the same.The storyteller tells us that this is the children's first time ever being immersed in water.

I'm not sure why that scene has stuck with me. But as i watch my 3-year-old daughter play, I think back to Moz and wonder how many Mozambicans have had the joy of submerging their bodies in water on a hot day. I remember one weekend our first or second year there that we were stranded in the sand dams communities because our truck was broken down. We were so thankful that we were close to the slow, shallow Luenha River because we spent the greater part of the day floating in the warm waters, escaping the 48+ (way over 105 F) degree heat. Not all Mozambicans have access to water like that.