Thursday, February 4, 2010
Host Family
So I got picked up by my host family today! Everything is going well so far. There are 3 sisters- 24, 20 and 17. And one brother- 23. I'm not postive of what exactly their names are yet...that's something I should probably figure out asap. The family keeps throwing around nicknames so I'm never really sure who is who and what to call people. Two of the sisters and the brother speak English fairly well so they are my translators. The mom and dad are very nice, I know for sure the dad's name is Hani. He's a smoker but thankfully it doesn't smell like a smoker's house. Their house is pretty big and I'm sharing a room with the 20 year old. They've already fed me lunch which was a great combo of rice, chicken and yogurt sauce. I haven't been able to unpack my things yet. Anytime I leave the room for more then a few minutes they start yelling my name and want me to come back. Right now it's unusually cold and super windy! The house is up on a hill and there are lots of big windows so the wind and rain sound horrible flying against the windows. There are marble floors all over the house and not many carpets so that doesn't help the cold issue. On the upside, there are space heaters but there's an open flame so I'm a bit nervous. I've been told you can see Jerusalem from the living room window but it's been so foggy I haven't had a good view. I believe that is all for now. More updates later :-)
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No cat lady. Rocky approves.
ReplyDeleteWith four kids, all around your age, I see many Jordanian antics and adventures in your future. Good luck with their names.
All my love,
An American in Jordan's Mom