Lindsay here! Matt is sleeping. Today wore him out! I hope he isn't getting sick, or that if he is, that he can sleep it off. Today was an eventful day! First off, I have to thank my dear friend, Audra, for posting an amazing recap about our expedition to the Abu Dhabi Heritage Village today, as well as perfectly summing up my feelings about skewed views of the Middle East. Please read her post here! She is one talented writer! In fact, you could read her entire blog from the beginning and get a really good idea of what we've been through over the past few months. That wasn't really a suggestion. DO IT!
Second, I found out tonight that we will be living in the oasis of Al Ain, and I will be teaching KG (kindergarten) in Al Khleef KG, which is a school of ALL KINDERGARTEN! I am seriously near tears about this. Tears of joy! I don't want to go into too many details, but I cannot express how grateful I am to be at a school with only kindergarten. Kindergarten is such a completely different animal (although I learned today that I can't use that term here), and kindergarten teachers just get each other. No one else gets us.
Matt showed me where my school is, and it is about as close to the border of Abu Dhabi and Oman as you can get. Which will be super convenient when Matt has to go do a border run in 24 days to renew his 30 day visitor visa. Awesome.
I can't believe this is my life.
Do It! I am so thankful for all of our blessings here. It is so true that God places us in the right places, at the right times, with everything we need to get by. I feel so good about all of this. Insha'Allah. If God wills it. :)
ReplyDeleteI love you guys, and I hope Matt feels better tomorrow. Poor guy. That sun beat him up :(