So it has been an interesting week with language learning and birthday happenings. We do what we can here in the sandbox and try to find humor as much as we can. Unfortunatly the humor is found mostly in our stupidity...but it works!
The other day after learning the different names for family members in Arabic, we were all standing around and one of my sister's decided to ask one of our teachers "Keef Abuk" (how is your father). His response, "Ana Abuki mat, wa ma ques sakan hell" (my father is dead, and probably not good as he is in hell) and then just walks off! We all just kinda stood there dumb founded and my poor sister wanted to just run and hide. We learned a great lesson that day...never ask about a family member, unless you have physically seen them!
Friday was Maria's birthday. The only two things she wanted for that day were 1)to straighten her hair (we have to wear our hair up most of the time, so it is quite a luxury to have it straight) and 2) to have a time of fellowship with the brothers and others. We all woke up kinda early on Friday and I made some peanut butter chocolate chip pancakes, which are a fav of hers, and then we proceeded to watch her straighten her hair. She plugged the straightener into a converter, then into a surge protector, and then that into the wall. Everything was going smoothly, literally, until we started to notice a smell. Five minutes later smoke starts wafting out of the converter and little sparks jump out of the straightener. We all kinda just sit there and stair as we scream for Maria to shut of the straightener. She steps back and we look on as if we have lost a dear friend. We sit in silence for a bit and little bury our dear friend, Mr. Converter, never to be used again. It was a sad moment and poor Maria walked away with only half of her head straight! That night we were able to spend the night in fellowship with the family and that made us for the small electrical fire that had broken out earlier in the day.
So as can be seen from our experiences....never ask about family unless you are ready for a not soo positive response...and when in doubt don't plug a straightener into a converter unless you are trying to start a fire! Oh grace...abound my friend!
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It is great to hear that Father is working in mighty ways there in your lives. I just read Maria's blog also. Her stories continue to remind of how great is our Father! I count it a blessing to know that I have brothers and sisters around the world with a similar heart and passion for the nations!
just be careful. that's all i ask. come home in one piece.
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