...almost there
I am really excited for the summer to be here. That's all I have to say about that.
Tuesday was my birthday, and my friends Dana, Dina, and Rasha took me out to dinner, and then we all got manicures and pedicures. Yes, that sounds like a really girly thing to do for my birthday, but believe it or not, I enjoyed it. Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age. Chris was off performing at the first showing of The Desert Song, so the girls devised a plan.
Wednesday, I went out for a quick bite with my friend Anita that I hadn't seen for a long time. She gave me a really unique gift, which was a hand/beach bag made out of plastic shopping bags. There's a "safe house" here in Kuwait that keeps women who are either run-away maids or are waiting on any number of deportation processes, but their embassy can't house them. One of the ways that money is raised to house these women is through a trash to treasure sort of program, which teaches the women to make things like jewelry out of old magazines and hand bags like mine. It's really quite a neat process and helps the girls contribute to their well-being, and it also gives them skills to use when they are finally released from Kuwait.
On Thursday night, some other friends and I went to see The Desert Song. It was a light, comical musical that was a little cheesy (intending to be that way), but the musicians and singers did an amazing job. My friend Jumel (seen in red) sang on the worship team with me when I still attended the 6 o'clock service, so it was nice to hear him in his "professional" element, too. Afterward, a number of us met up at Costa Coffee (move over, Starbucks!) to meet and greet and generally cause a ruckus.
Today, we had an awesome church service and went out to eat lunch with yet more friends...I guess I've done a lot of eating out this week. We came home for a quick nap and Chris headed out to his last performance of the show. I'm sitting here working on report cards. Well, I was working on report cards until I decided to write an update.
We're excited to be in the States in two weeks, though it seems kind of surreal. This year has been so full and has gone by so fast, that it's hard to imagine summer is really here. The 120' temperature is a great reminder, though. All I have to do is open the balcony door to get a blast of stuffy, hot air, and it feels real again!
Tuesday was my birthday, and my friends Dana, Dina, and Rasha took me out to dinner, and then we all got manicures and pedicures. Yes, that sounds like a really girly thing to do for my birthday, but believe it or not, I enjoyed it. Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age. Chris was off performing at the first showing of The Desert Song, so the girls devised a plan.
Wednesday, I went out for a quick bite with my friend Anita that I hadn't seen for a long time. She gave me a really unique gift, which was a hand/beach bag made out of plastic shopping bags. There's a "safe house" here in Kuwait that keeps women who are either run-away maids or are waiting on any number of deportation processes, but their embassy can't house them. One of the ways that money is raised to house these women is through a trash to treasure sort of program, which teaches the women to make things like jewelry out of old magazines and hand bags like mine. It's really quite a neat process and helps the girls contribute to their well-being, and it also gives them skills to use when they are finally released from Kuwait.
On Thursday night, some other friends and I went to see The Desert Song. It was a light, comical musical that was a little cheesy (intending to be that way), but the musicians and singers did an amazing job. My friend Jumel (seen in red) sang on the worship team with me when I still attended the 6 o'clock service, so it was nice to hear him in his "professional" element, too. Afterward, a number of us met up at Costa Coffee (move over, Starbucks!) to meet and greet and generally cause a ruckus.
Today, we had an awesome church service and went out to eat lunch with yet more friends...I guess I've done a lot of eating out this week. We came home for a quick nap and Chris headed out to his last performance of the show. I'm sitting here working on report cards. Well, I was working on report cards until I decided to write an update.
We're excited to be in the States in two weeks, though it seems kind of surreal. This year has been so full and has gone by so fast, that it's hard to imagine summer is really here. The 120' temperature is a great reminder, though. All I have to do is open the balcony door to get a blast of stuffy, hot air, and it feels real again!
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