Only God knows the glorious surprises and plans he has for us in the coming year; But I can tell you one thing, we’re excited!
Since picking up our foreign exchange student last week, we have been learning so much about Nigerian culture. Things that you just can’t understand from a textbook.
Here is a glimpse of a few things we’ve learned form our foreign exchange student (new son) :
“Everything is Easy Here” -
People from other countries (and yes even Nigeria) comment on how hard working American’s are. But, I wouldn’t necessarily say that from what I’ve learned from our student.
We may have busier schedules in America; More places to go and more things to do. But, we have the priviledge of doing all of those things because of the ease of our modern machines and appliances.
In Nigeria they…
- Wash clothes by hand
- Cut grass by hand
- Don’t have electricity constantly (The government can turn it off whenever they like.)
- Sometimes must fetch water if their tap is not working.
But.. They don’t live in the stone age. They…
- Have disposable diapers
- Use computers & email, mp3 players, and cell phones (depending on income and resources)
Keep a lookout for more posts about what we’re learning from our new family member. We are learning so much I couldn’t possibly put it in one post.
