This past week I experienced my first Dutch Birthday for my little host sister Marith. She turned 10. At 8 am, still in our PJs, we put on birthday hats and entered her bedroom singing "Lang zal ze leven." We brought gifts and breakfast to her room and gave hugs and kisses around to wake her up. This was such a sweet tradition and reminded me again of what a blessing it is to be staying with a host family. Not only does it provide me with a place to call home and a family to get to know and be a part of, but it also gives me an authentic look into the culture, family structure, and fun traditions like this.
The daughters are starting to open up to me a bit more. The youngest daughter, Amber, now asks to cuddle on my lap after dinner sometimes and the older daughter asked me for help on Bible homework..we used google translate and it turned into a conversation about school rather than helping with homework.
Currently, I'm sitting outside in beautiful sunny 65 degree weather, maybe I'll finally get a little color! This week has been slow paced which has given me plenty of time to catch up on sleep and homework after traveling so much! I cannot believe I only have a month left here. Especially after this weekend of relaxing outside and spending time with the SPICE group and some of our Dutch friends, I'm not ready to leave!
No comments:
Post a Comment