I'm not a terrorist, a great find, and mystery meat...

Well, we've had another great week. Our language lessons still continue to go well. We thank you for praying about our language.

Monday night we decided to try a new restaurant in town, "The Steak House". Me, Arnett, and Sara all went. Well, none of us speak French and all three of us know very little Bambara. Luckily for us, the owner, spoke English!! We got to chatting with him and he told us, "I'm from Lebanon, but I'm not a terrorist!" Well, we just thought that was the funniest thing ever and all three cracked up laughing!! The food was great and we had a good time!

The rest of our week was spent in language class and studying for the most part. Friday night, we were able to go and have a "movie night" with some of the others from our team.

 

Just had to share a couple photos of Butterbean and how big we've gotten!!

 

 

 

 

Yep!! That's our baby!!

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday morning, there were some people who worked for the American Embassy and some other organizations who were having a yard sale. We figured we might find some good stuff, so LaVerne, Sara, Arnett, and I all went. The first find of the day was a Fisher Price farm house set in great condition!! Then we found "THE ITEM!!" a glider, rocker in GREAT condition, and for a good price!! I sat in and was sold!! Praise the Lord that He allowed us to find a much wanted item!! We then purchased a Tonka dump truck for Butterbean and a Christmas Tree with lights!! We were both super stoked about all we found!!

 

 

 

 

Arnett loving our new glider rocker!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the yard sale, Sara, Arnett, and I decided to go eat at the steak house again. We got there and to our dismay, the owner was no where in sight! So, we got our menus and started looking. Sara and I wanted pizza, so we decided on that! Arnett wanted a steak sandwich but couldn't tell if they had them or not. Under the hamburger section, there was something beouf, which we knew was the French word for beef. Sara, told Arnett, "Oh, just order it, be adventurous!!" Well, he did. The meal arrived and Arnett's looked like round pieces of beef. He tried it and said "It's really salty". Then he had Sara try a piece (he knew I would not try it). Once Sara was about half way through eating it, he proceeds to tell her "Yeah, that's the most disgusting thing ever!!" Then our team mate LaVerne shows up and Arnett tells her to try a piece and she does. Well, after the nasty look on LaVerne's face she asks the waiter what it is(she speaks French!). He tells her it's COW TONGUE!!! We all cracked up laughing!! No wonder when we asked him what it was, he said beef and pointed to his tongue. We thought he was telling us you eat it!! We learned a valuable lesson, sometimes it's just better to stick with what you know!!

 

The mystery meat!! You can't see it here but the edges looked like they had taste buds on them!!

 

 

 

Praises this week:

1. We are learning more and more language everyday.
2. For finding the gliding rocking chair.
3. For laughter, which is good medicine for the soul!

Prayer Requests:

1. Language Learning.
2. We will build good relationships with those that we meet, despite the language barrier.

Once again, we thank you for your prayers!! Until next time...