Laughter > Language

     Today I met a refugee family for the first time! 4 of us took a care package to their house, and the only thing we knew about them was that they came to Boise from Sudan. After we arrived at their house, they invited us in and pretty much the only other thing we learned about them was that they didn't speak much English which, of course, is to be expected.
      The language barrier made it almost impossible for even basic communication, but we told them our names and eventually we figured out the name of the single mother and the names and ages of her 3 children.
      We'd try to say something, like, "Your home is very nice, thank you for inviting us in!" And they'd just smile and laugh, trying to say something back, but of course we couldn't understand either so we just nodded and started laughing too.
     They were so friendly and the mother made tea for us to drink as we sat in the living room, for about an hour all laughing together at our feeble attempts to make conversation. Not much was said, but I'm pretty sure they got the message that we care, and they are welcome. And that's what we were there to show them, since we couldn't say it to them!
     I know I'm just getting started, but I am so excited about getting to do stuff like this!  It was just so cool.

~hospitali-tea~

(wow I'm so funny)

~Rebecca Rae