There is a group of local friends I have who get together on a regular basis. They are so different from one another and each evening we hang out there are so many cultural things I would just love to sit down and write about and share. Buuuuut, then the rest of life comes in and I just get too tired to try and explain all the fun cultural things (=
A couple of days ago one of the gals asked me if I would like to drive to a town about 2 hours away to see some of her family and to go shopping! I couldn't resist the offer and even though I was NERVOUS about taking both kids with me (she is single and without kids) I said yes.
We left about 11am and returned about 1am. So it really was a very.long.day. But it was SO great to meet so many of her family members. There are about 9 kids in her family and the oldest 3 have citizenship in the country next door and the others are all citizens of our country though their tribe is from both parts.
One visit was super traditional with the fruit and dates and coffee and loads of perfume at the end, the others were truly just swinging by to see a new house or meeting in a park or shopping in the mall together (=
Layla was able to ride a horse AND ride in a little carriage pulled by a miniature horse when we were in the park. It was about $3 a ride and of course they paid for everything while we were with them. I protested at one point and one of the gals (who speaks VERY good English and is basically like any Post-Modern 19 year old) said "that's okay. you are visiting me here and I'll pay. When I visit you then you'll pay "(= So that is clear isn't it!
Layla was given SO much candy and junk food and juice boxes and whatnot. They love to give kids toys and gifts and food. It is wonderful to have kids so loved by the general population.
And I was most grateful for the fact that when we FINALLY got in the car to go home, both kids just dropped off to sleep in their carseats. Getting the carseats in that morning was a chore....she had shoved the seatbelts ALL the way down and we couldn't hardly get to them. Anyway (=
I must go and take a nap (=
Waiting for Water - Our life in the desert
2 comments:
Its really cool to see you developing relationships with the community of locals.
Ya'll gotta tell me, where is this red hair gene coming from with the kids?!
Glad you posted. Seems we started to talk about that day when you were here but something happened... Could have been 1 of 4 kids :)
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