Bonjour family & friends! We have just finished our first day of French and wow you really learn a lot in a 3 hour chunk. Dan and I will be heading off to practice all these new vowels and word/sound combos soon. We got to practice a little with the fruit guy who came by. We usually try to go for a walk each night because Lucas needs time to run with the neighborhood kids and we need opportunities to talk with people.
So, let's begin with a typical morning. The house helper across the street begins sweeping the street at about 6:30am. Because all our windows (w/screens because we live near a swamp...and lots of bugs) are open all night, this used to be kind of an alarm clock for me. Now I just sleep thru it and the kids usually wake us up about 7:30am. Ah, breakfast. We do have cereal every morning. We eat the generic cereals which are cheaper ($2-$3 per box). We really like "boules de mais" - little balls of corn. They look like "Corn Pops" cereal but taste like "Captain Crunch." We do buy Kellogg's Rice Krispies for Alexis because they are her favorite but only she gets to eat them because they are almost $8 a box! Milk is interesting. Thankfully our kids have responded well to the whole milk taste. Milk comes in one liter bottles that cost almost $3 each. So, milk is only for breakfast and we drink water at all other times just to stay hydrated.
One encouraging tidbit we've learned from the other missionaries is to celebrate the small victories. So, when the electricity goes out and we still prepare a decent meal-VICTORY! When we can speak French or buy something new from a vendor-VICTORY! we really do count our blessings at the end of each day.
One prayer request we do have is that there is talk about the water pipes in our area being worked on sometime in the near future. The latest word is that we might be 3 days without water. I guess pray that they can work quickly so it doesn't take that long. Also, please pray the our electricity does work during that time because that could certainly push some comfort limits, ya know?
2 comments:
Hello Foreman's!
I see your smiling faces every day on our fridge. Can't believe we lost touch and we lived so close for a while!
SO excited to read about your adventures while craving some of our own. I would love to experience a different culture with my family.
Praying all is well. Peace of Christ to you, friends.
Love,
Molly Clark
I love reading about your life in WA...I sent an email about our new FPO group, keep us in your prayers and I'll do the same for y'all. Keep practicing that French even if it gets embarrassing at times. Blessings to all of you!
Ms. Marlene
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