Yesterday our family welcomed into our home people who immigrated here 4 years ago from Romania. John used to work with Florin in a factory in Brooklyn Park. Florin is a maintenance mechanic, his wife Roxanne works and goes to school to be a Radiologic Technologist, and they have an 11 year old son. These are some wonderful people.
We had dinner, chatted for a while and played Sequence. They loved the game, and when Florin said they will have to get one, their son walked through the kitchen and told his dad that they already had it. I guess they had gotten the game a while ago and never learned how to play it. They were excited about playing at home.
We tried to get the go-cart to go, but it was being stubborn. They finally gave up, and I asked Florin if he wanted to go in and wash the gas from his hands, and he said he hadn't touched the engine. "If I touch it, it will be running now," he said with a grin. OOH! Poppers, some ice for that burn?
We had a good time talking and laughing and watching the hummingbirds eat from the feeder outside the kitchen window. Roxanne said that was the first time she had ever seen a hummingbird.
She and I were talking about how hard it is to learn the English language, think about it, I sure would not like to have to learn English as an adult. She said their son picked it up really fast, and has no trace of an accent, although she said she was having a hard time. I thought she was doing great!
We sure had a good time, I hope they come again.
2 comments:
Isn't it fun to spend time with old friends? I don't envy anyone who has to learn our language--at any age. English doesn't have any rules, which makes it incredibly hard to learn because you can't reason your way through it--you just have to remember everything. I could never do it.
Hospitality. For this, you have a gift. Nice Job being on mission.
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