School Started!!

Joseph & Faith started school on Sunday at the local preschool/kindergarten. (Sunday is the first day of the work week here.) Both of the kids were so excited that they hardly slept the night before the first day!! They had picked out their backpacks and their uniforms were ready!

You can see how excited they are by how they're running to their school in this picture.

I, on the other hand, was nervous. I tried not to show them that I was nervous. I was concerned about the language barrier and cultural differences because this school is in the village and they only speak Arabic there. After the first day I was happy and the second day went even better! Today, the third day, the kids actually came home speaking some Arabic. I was worried for no reason. Both Jojo and Faith have come home each day telling me how much they love their school!

Here they are standing by the front door of their school! The pink panther is just for fun! The words say, "Welcome to the Little Dears Preschool"

Here's Faith sitting in her class. She is 3 years old and she's in the youngest class.

There were a lot of mothers in this classroom that first day, so I couldn't take a picture of the whole classroom. (Women don't like to have their picture taken in this culture.)

I didn't get a great picture of Joseph's class either because I didn't want to interrupt his teacher. You can hardly see him, but he's in the back row on the right side.

I love his teacher! Her name is Faith in Arabic, which is easy for Joseph to remember! She has to be tough with this class full of boys, but she's also real sweet!




Joseph's class is called Kindergarten and they'll be learning the Arabic & English Alphabet. For now Joseph needs to learn how to write his name in Arabic! This is what it looks like: يوسف

Here's a picture of me and the kids in the hallway of the school. You can see some Arabic letters painted on the wall.