Sammy glanced up at me from her Bible page. "Bunnies?"
"I wish we had happy, friendly rabbits frolicking in our backyard."
There is a reason why Sammy is my best friend; we very much appreciate the spontaneity in each other. "Kelsey," Sammy called out to another of our roommates who was cooking in the other room, "would you be opposed to bunnies living in our backyard?"
"I would be down for that," Kelsey replied in a casual voice. She thought we were joking at first, but we took her acceptance in stride, finished our study, and began packing our things to go to Petco. I pulled up a few pages from the internet about how to keep bunnies outside safely and we were ready to head out the door.
Kelsey started laughing as we grabbed our keys to leave. "Wait, this is actually happening?"
"We'll be back later with bunnies," we declared.
We ended up driving an hour to adopt two bunnies from a family.
Meet Boaz and Obadiah.
When we arrived at home proudly carrying our new children, Kelsey and Kendall burst into laughter. "I truly didn't think you would be able to find rabbits anywhere!" Kelsey admitted. She underestimated our determination (it took us a few hours). Despite her amazement, she was thrilled and pronounced herself their third mother.
A few guy friends came over to surprise us with cookies. They were delighted to find the new additions to our household. Cuddles all around.
Joel even sang to Obie and read him passages from the book of Obadiah, his namesake.
Our rabbits have a sturdy fence, a shelter for nighttime, plenty of food, and a whole lot of love. My dream came true: our backyard is now a home for frolicking, healthy, happy bunnies.
Introducing them to the backyard was so much fun. Our rabbits had lived in a small cage with several others for the entirety of their lives (a few weeks). We don't think they had ever set foot in the grass. As soon as we put them down in the yard, they began leaping high up in the air, frolicking (truly, it is the best word to describe the way they were dancing and moving), and nibbling on plants. We sat with our backs against the brick wall of our house and watched them play, and after about twenty minutes, they crawled back into our laps before venturing out again into the great joy of the yard.
And that's how a Revelation Bible study turned into a day of bunny adoption.
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