Saturday was the Barang Sale at the MK school... basically a chance for missionaries to hold a big garage sale and sell all their junk to each other at exorbitant rates... "because you can't get it here" and "I had to pay to ship it all the way from America" ...so there were ten year old bouncy balls that had seen better days - for $10 a piece - and used children's books selling for twice what you would pay for the same book brand new on Amazon.... (not joking on either count!)
Amidst all the bargains, Elijah found a skateboard... not my idea of a great toy when the nearest ER that can handle a broken arm is 3000 miles away. But he WANTED IT.... so I guess he's gotta learn sometime???
And at $2 it seemed like a steal. But he only had 90 cents in his pocket left over from the hoop, so we did some quick lessons on buying on credit....
"Mom will pay for the rest but you will have to work lots of jobs to make the rest of the money."
"But how come I can take the skateboard if I don't have the money?"
"It's buying on credit. You've gotta learn to do it sometime. People do it in America all the time."
So far Elijah hasn't broken his arm. Still debating whether Elijah did better than Caleb who bought a falling apart McDonald's toy for 30 cents. Who makes a 3 year old pay 30 cents for a broken McDonald's toy?
Who takes up precious suitcase space to cart a McDonald's toy all the way from America to here?
Elijah, I'm not so sure I'm thrilled about you learning to buy on credit. Maybe Mommy will have you do A LOT of work to repay your loan and that will discourage you from going into debt. Regardless, I'm pretty impressed with your purchase and am anxious to hear about you learning to ride the skateboard standing up. Between that and the hoola hoop, your PE lessons are set for a while. Have fun. Love ~ Grandma
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