Sometimes comments are made around me that just remind me how different our life is than if we lived in America. Here are some examples...
--We were visiting our dear friends who live a few hrs from us. They have just returned from a year in the States and were talking about finding a church. The wife said, "I don't like the church we are going to because there are no backs on the benches, there's no tree to sit under outside to watch the kids and there is a dog there that tries to bite my kids." I couldn't help but laugh as I totally agree that those are valid reasons to try another church! What we look for in a church here is quite different than the States.
--One day the boys were watching "Secret Agent Oso" and he was trying to learn to make his bed. The boys just laughed that he didn't know how to make his bed and Kenan commented that he was too old not to be able to do that to which Dawson replied, "Maybe his worker does it for him."
--Silas went up to Anna and said, "When are you going to be a real teacher?" She said she was but he insisted she wasn't so she asked why she wasn't a real teacher. He said, "You sleep. Real teachers don't sleep. Real teachers are brown. You're not brown. And your name is normal and not like teachers. Teachers' names are Tanti" (Aunt. They call female teachers "Tanti" and then their name and male teachers are "Tonton" which is uncle). So since Anna is not brown, not a Tanti (well, she is as all the kids call her Aunt Anna but Silas doesn't know they are the same) and she in fact sleeps, I guess there is no hope for her to be a real teacher!
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