Tuesday, November 6, 2007

There are no pictures because my camera has still not been found.
It's pretty depressing, but I haven't had much time to think about it. We've actually been quite busy.

On Sunday we went to our host families home. We went to a new family and I was upset at first, because I liked our old family... but I'm so thankful we went here. They were a YOUNG couple! Early thirties with two daughters(7&5). The father is from India and she is from Belfast. If you can imagine, their children were the most beautiful things i've ever seen. They asked if we wanted to rest and be alone and I told them that we would just really love their company. So they spent their whole day just sitting in the living room with us chatting about everything. He was interested in American politics and I've been watching the debates so was actually able to give real information. We had good discussions on healthcare... in the U.K. you pay ridiculous amounts of taxes but get free health care, education, etc. They couldn't believe how much we pay for surgeries and college. Neither can I :)
I helped the 7 year old put together a toy lion and a puzzle. Then we taught the girls a bunch of clapping games and other random things. Children with British accents immediately get what they want. It's easy... they say "please, will you play with us" in the most ridiculous perfect accent ever.
The fed us a complete american meal. meat, potatoes, and vegetables. It was wonderful. I did eat corn, brocolli, and [......] brussel sprouts... ya I went for it. They weren't nearly as bad as I thought.
She is studying theology and he works for Sealy. He had a very interesting view on life in Ireland. He grew up Hindu and coverted a year before coming to N.I. I won't write out the whole conversation.. but it was interesting.
We were talking about our view of India and I told him my view comes from the movie A Secret Princess (dad you will appreciate that). He laughed at me of course.. but that movie made it seem so beautiful. :)

So basically Sunday was great.. I told them to please invite us back.

We have lots of assignments this week which is good for me. Gives me something to do. We are out of bus passes so it now will cost us 20 dollars to go to Belfast.... which means it won't be happening often.

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