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Multi-colored baby chicks in the bazaar. Genetic
engineering?
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The freedom to eat apricots with any course of a
meal
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Simple joy of the water arrival! Announced
by a man in the back of a pick up, yelling through a bullhorn. Excitement over assurance
of something as taken for granted as showers and dish washing
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Attending a Kurdish university graduation while
wearing Jili Kurdi, the bright red and gold traditional Kurdish formal garb.
And the more impressive feat, managing to not trip for the entire afternoon.
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Internet-free evenings to sit around the living
room in good company for hours on end
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Worshipping Jesus with His followers far across
the world…although a bit closer to where He actually walked
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Loquats fresh off the tree
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New friends/role models/superheroes
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Currency that gives the false impression you
have thousands in your pocket
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The concoction of smells in the bazaar. It can’t
be described entirely accurately as a delight…
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Feeling adult enough to work in a real grown-up,
9:00-5:00 office
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Mandated bare feet in said office
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Park benches shaped like half eaten fruit,
complete with bite marks
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Even the frustrations of adapting to existence
in a completely foreign context; they are welcome and delightful in their
strange own way
Dear Acadia--every word is a treasure, thank you for pouring them out. We are closer than some of your family (in Tanzania) and I'm thinking about how the world is both small and big. You are learning so much about yourself, others, God's work, and how to walk around with dissonance in your head and yet also cultural humility, realizing the sheer incredulity of blessings we have without even knowing it (not just things--freedoms, too.) We love you! Aunt Vicki
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ReplyDeleteLove your globe trotting. Way to be about spreading goodness and learning new kinds of goodness.
hope all is well.