First Meetings

We finally moved into the house on Sunday. We met, lets call him, Oscar who is something called a shake (not sure if thats how its spelled) who is one we have had contact with and is allowing us to stay here in the community. If you are unsure of what a Shake is, they are very important person, leader of the community I suppose. If you think about small towns that have a neighbor who knows everybody and helps everyone out, then that is what Shake Oscar does. From the very beginning he has been very generous. We were about to meet his wife, I will call her Kate, and she was overwhelming hospitable to us. We were welcomes into her home with welcome arms. She cut up fresh fruit for us to eat and then made us hamburgers to eat. She gave us a george foreman grill to use in our house because she knows we don't have much in the house. She also gave us a ton of ground beef. That was all on day one.

Yesterday as we were sitting down to begin our Mark Study, Shake Oscar and two of his sons came and brought us what is called Arabic seating because we had no furniture in the house apart from a couple folding tables and some chairs. Arabic seating are essentially couches with no frame, they are just cushions, one you just sit on the floor and the pillows you set up against the wall. They are pretty much awesome. On top of that Kate, Oscar's wife, brought us lunch. She baked chicken with vegetables, made a ton of rice and prepared a salad for us.

Their hospitality is overwhelming. Our fridge which was empty 3 days ago is now overflowing more with stuff that has been given to us than things we have bought. Just now Shake Oscar brought us this type of arabic tea which is really good and some type of bread which is amazing. I am truly humbled by this people who truly do look out for their neighbors.