On our way home from the bell tower, we ran into some local kids who invited us to play soccer with them. One of the girls knew David's friend so she invited us to her house. It was in a run down looking building and the neighborhood isn’t very nice so I wasn’t expecting much. We walk in and though small, the apartment is decorated beautifully! The mother is so kind and welcoming to us. The mom speaks Spanish as well as Arabic and a little bit of English, so David and Skylar who both served Spanish speaking missions begin chatting away while I’m sitting there smiling and not understanding what’s going on. It turns out that the mom invites us back for her 8 year old daughter’s birthday party at 4 that evening.
Then we went down the hill to play soccer. I am horrible at soccer, but it felt so good to run around! Everyone out played me, but they were all really nice about it. After playing soccer for a while (my team won) we taught them how to play kickball. There was definitely a bit of a language barrier, but two of them knew English enough to understand our instructions and then passed it on in Arabic. Though we didn’t always understand each other, everyone understand soccer, joking, laughing, and smiling. It was so fun!
We bought a small gift for Malek (the birthday girl) and then went back to their apartment. When we got there, the kids were in the living room with Arabic music videos on and having a dance party. Skylar and David did not like dancing, so mostly I danced with the girls. They were so darling! The family fed us so much food that was delicious! I was just blown away by their hospitatlity of practically complete strangers.
We came back home and at 7 pm, I started my paper. Though I was up way too late because of my procrastination, I wouldn't have cut anything out-- today was such a fun day!
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