Yeah, I know I'm supposed to be a linguist, but that doesn't mean I can spell in all the languages of the world...
Anyways, today was a day of farewelling. It started off saying good bye to John, Julia and little Isabella. I already miss them, since I spent quite a lot of time with Julia and the baby. It was SO refreshing to have a little one around to hold and play with every day. And John and Julia were really incredibly interesting people to talk to. Good conversationalists and very deep thinkers with some very different perspectives than most people in my world! I know that God's going to use them whereever he brings them next, but I am sorry to see them leave our compound.
I also tried to say goodbye to someone else today. We were driving around for several hours trying to get her a plane ticket out of here today. But alas, we were not successful. She might be on the flight tomorrow morning, but she's not even sure about that!
I also drove another group of people to the airport, in their truck, and then drove it back to park on the compound while they're away. It's always fun to cruise around town in a different truck! This one is an old landcruiser, with power windows and automatic transmission! I almost forgot how to start it, since there was no clutch to hold down!
So in actual fact, I got very little "real" work done today, but spent a lot of time just cruising around town trying to get rid of people!
We did have a great Arabic lesson this evening, though! I love our picture that we're working with - the one with the blue goats and pink birds! Today we added a short woman, a tall woman, a happy man and a sad man. So Jackie and I took turns telling stories with the little paper cut out figures. Somehow, in my stories, the cat always ends up eating the birds... I think I need to think of a new storyline for our next lesson! I'll have one more lesson before I come home for Christmas and forget every word that I've learned!
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