Learning Arabic

This will probably be a short one.

Our big news is that we finally have a language teacher and have had 4 classes so far! Lynn and I are learning from the same person at the same time even tho we had first wanted our own teachers. This seems to be working pretty good for us - I can hear what is being said and I tell Lynn and then he knows how to answer! :) We are recording the classes so that we can listen to them later to pick up what we missed the first time around.  The classes are for 1 - 1 1/2 hours and my the time we are done so is my brain.

Now that we are learning some Arabic we hope that we will be able to move around the city with more ease. Many people know at least some English but when asking directions it will be helpful to know Arabic.

Saturday we spent 3 hours trying to find a hotel on the outskirts of town and never did find it. We will go back and try again now that we have a better idea of where to look. Lucky for us it was not as hot on Saturday - only about 93 - so walking around all that time was not to bad. This place we are looking for is supposed to have pretty good "American" food and we thought it would be fun to try.

How could I forget my other big news??? I found baking cocoa!!!! That makes for a very happy Sharon :) We have been eating mangos ( hoping to make my brothers jealous) and papaya and even some passion fruit.

Okay, that is all I have for now. We are looking forward to some visitors next week from our head offices in Louisville so maybe next time I will have some travel things to write about.