Koinonia Day 2011

For the past few weeks Alex has been learning about refugees at school. The lessons have focused on four countries - Vanuatu, Burundi, Sudan & Japan. Yes, Japan - many people are considered to be refugees within their own country so that is why Japan is included. (This was also news to me!)

Koinonia Day was the culmination of all the hard work. Each child from Prep (Kinder) through year 6 got to dress up like someone from one of the four countries. Alex, (BTW, Allie is now called Alex - new school new name I guess)...Alex chose Japan. She chose Japan because she is studying Japanese as her foreign language. She is doing quite well and can write quite a few of the letters / characters correctly. Pretty good for a little girl from Texas!

I think we did quite well considering we are still living out of a suitcase!! :)

Allie and her friends - Dressed up as refugees from Japan and Vanuatua.

Ode to stuff....

Never did I think I would miss my “stuff” so much… After living out of a suitcase for over two months I REALLY do miss my stuff!

I miss (my back misses) MY huge, soft king sized bed the most!! Sleeping on the floor is not so bad, it is getting up off the floor that is the bad part!

We are making due with a few borrowed / recycled items….. David's brother is letting us use his grill. It is not quite what we are accustomed to, even though it is a Weber!

Using the box that our new sandwich maker came in as my bed side table...

The owners of the house gave us a gift card to buy some plants so the house would feel more like "home". I love the tree and pot that we picked out for the patio. Once we buy we can plant it in the ground and use the pot for another plant. Life without a dryer is an adjustment as well.... I can't forget to wash the girls school uniforms and then quickly throw them into the dryer... Do you know how long a wool skirt takes to line dry?

Our container hit Sydney on Friday… Anybody have any connections in the Australian Customs Dept that can help speed up that process? If not, then we will be lucky to have our “stuff” by the end of August!