6.21.2008
Benjamin, now a fledgling Toddler, is all about doing things himself. Witness the joy and mess of an independent eater (Cheered on by big sisters out of camera view).
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About Me
- John, Beth, Sophie, Annie, and Benjamin
- Third culture kids? Try fourth culture kids, with the Canadian-American split. Their learning to make it work for them, for sure!
What we had forgotten we missed about Our life overseas...
- * The Yogurt, oh my!
- * Candlelight charades when the power goes out
- * Great local friends who make this feel like home, and put up with all our oddities!
- * Home group on Sunday nights
- * Hot bread baked in a round stone oven
- * Open air shopping
- * The fresh scent of clothes dried on the line
- * The slower pace of life here
- * Our community of friends here from all over the world
- * Walking and Public Transit culture
What we're missing about North America:
- * Family!
- * Worshipping with Valley View
- * Vivid color in the landscape...missing the green!
- * Thursday afternoons when Ben goes on his "date" with grandpa to McDonald's and we sneak out for a date of our own!
- * Michaels, Home Sense, Wal-Mart, Target, Hobby Lobby, etc. etc.!
- * Our (temporary) cats, Oreo and Molly
- * Great friends
- * Parmesan cheese, Feta cheese, Cheddar cheese (do I have a cheese fetish?)
- * Great Friends (worth mentioning twice)
Want to Get Involved?
Wow! Thanks for your involvement in getting so many great books to our school here. As school librarian, I'll be busy until at least Christmas inputting and sorting the over 1,000 books we've brought back. If you are looking for other ways to get involved with the school here or in other ways, feel free to contact us by e-mail!
Definitions
- SHARK - sharp; As in "I'm going to bite you with my shark teeth!" or "Watch out, my sword is really shark!"
- WEST VIRGINIA - Best State in the U.S. of A.; not to be confused with western Virginia, which is a part of the state of Virginia. For further study: listen to Country Roads
- BIG AND FRONG - what big boys are (Frong being a pronunciation of "strong"); a.k.a those ready to learn to potty train
- CASPIAN - The girls' Silk Road School
- TCK - Third Culture Kid; sometimes also called Global Nomads, "refers to someone who, as a child, has spent a significant period of time in one or more culture(s) other than his or her own, thus integrating elements of those cultures and their own birth culture, into a third culture" (thanks for the def. Wiki)
- CHANNELS - Programmed television; shows that come on a specific channel at a specific time and no DVD or VHS tape is involved.
Reading List
- * Everyone Is Normal Until You Get to Know Them
- * All the new books in the Caspian library that I "need" to make sure are appropriate...its just an excuse to read!
- * The Forgotten God (Francis Chan)
What We're Listening To...
- * The Waiting (band)
- * Symphony of Praise by Prague Symphony Orchestra...beautiful!
- * Documentaries (BBC) podcast
- * Take, Take, Take It All (Hillsong United)
- * Mars Hill Church: Mark Driscoll Audio
- * Oxford Biographies (Podcast)
- * Anything by Christy Nockels
- * APM: The Story (Podcast)
- * This American Life (Podcast)
- * Stuff You Missed in History Class (Podcast)
1 comments:
Beth, that has got to be the most heart-warming blog on the Web! Those pictures of your kids are just too precious for words- Thank you for sharing them! Thanks, also, for the encouragement to support our fellow-pilgrims in prayer, as we are all, regardless of if we live five miles from the hospital where we were born, or as political orphans in the hinterlands. Reading somewhere about strangers, and pilgrims, and how we're never forgotten! :-)
(Hey, for the sake of us fellow-pilgrims' self-esteem, an expatriate is someone who ex patria, from the father-land. An ex-patriot is one who no longer loves or defends their country. I think, being the first, we might tend to get accused by some of being the second.)
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