We FINALLY got our wedding album (our fault, not theirs). I'm currently uploading our pictures to my Shutterfly site, so I can share them with you. Stay tuned. I just started the upload and it says that it should be done in a day and four hours. So......
Oh gosh. We've been so busy with our new friends. This past weekend was loco. I went skateboarding with our mother-daughter neighbors. We did it for about an hour at a local park and it was SO FUN! Hopefully next time we go out, we'll get some pictures.
Then Alex and I went to this adorable little girl's first birthday party. It was fun shopping for her and it was even more fun to see her eat her cake and be surrounded by people that love her.
Sarah, my new neighbor friend, made this awesome bear cake. Please take note, because I will probably never have enough patience to make this.
After that, on Saturday, Alex and I went over to some other neighbors for dinner and it was just plain fun. We hung out and they told us about their lives. God is being so good in filling our time with opportunities to love on people. It certainly makes things interesting!
We have hung out more with our Iraqi family. Last week, we had them over for dinner at our place. I had to go to a Middle Eastern meat market to buy halal (similar to kosher) chicken for my chicken and rice. We also had lots of donations from family and they were SO appreciative. The wife wanted almost all the kitchen stuff we had so it was nice to help her feel more at home. Next Friday, I am taking all the females shopping at some malls and then we are all going to the Dallas World Aquarium. Super fun!
Tonight we took them to McDonalds to eat. It was interesting because we got to help them out with ordering food. Our cashier was hispanic and she asked where they were from. When Alex and I told her that they were from Iraq, she didn't know where it was. The realization struck me that this Iraqi family has to not only deal with learning English, but having to deal with the multicultural aspects of America.
My work is much better. We just started our new six weeks sessions at new schools. Both of the schools that I am at are wonderful! It's a nice change from the last session. One of the schools, Sam Tasby, is in the refugee area of Dallas so we have girls from all over the world. It is so neat! Alot of them don't speak English (they have been here a couple weeks) but they are just so sweet. The school has a really positive atmosphere that makes my job much easier. Also, I found out through facebook that an acquaintance, Kirsten, from college is a science teacher there so I went and found her this Monday and we had lunch. I'm getting to work with some different coworkers this time, so I'm excited about getting to know them better.
Alex's work is going....There have been a few mini crises that have disappeared after much prayer. We just signed another lease for a year, because we're not sure about what the job situation will be in January. I know he would appreciate your prayers about his career. He is trying to refocus on building relationships with his employees and loving on them.
We are so ready for Thanksgiving! Hopefully we'll get to see all of you soon.
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