October 23, 2010

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  Yesterday en route to Lac Anosi Judah was entertaining Asher in the backseat. After some shouts of laughter from the Younger we hear the Older say “it’s your turn!” (!) We asked what they were doing back there, to which the Older responds,
  “We’re playing ‘schlack, schlack’.”
  “Schlack-schlack? What’s that?”
  “It’s a game! (duh)”
  “How do you play it?”
  “Well,… . i say “schlack-schlack” and then put the spoon into his hand. Asher does nothing.”

  A few nights ago i went to Judah’s room to turn his bedside lamp off. He’s taken to ‘reading’ before he goes to sleep. I found him singing some interesting theology to himself, “God, you are a big whale that swallowed Jonah! God you are so big. (inspirational humming)”. He comes up with the strangest interpretations of the stories he hears from the Bible, which i suppose we all would if we weren’t to do theology within community. One thing i appreciate about Judah is that he often sings impromptu praise songs to God.

  It’s been cooler the last few days, and windy! Which i suppose is good since we’ve hoards of things to get done at home in the next few weeks and hot weather would only make us think we needed to hang out at the pool. Josh is just staining the new steps for the ‘tree’ house and i overheard him saying to Judah that he was planning to also build a new bridge.

  I’m still inside sewing up a storm. Almost finished the ‘reading nook’ cushions upstairs. (pictures will promptly follow) and have started on Christmas pressies. The beds in our house are all in a ‘fruit basket upset’ just now but hopefully we can get them taken apart and moved to the correct spot soon – the turmoil is tiring to my eyes. ha. Asher is attempting again to learn to sleep in Judah’s room. Soon Judah will join him there and we’ll see if they can co-habit at night time without waking each other up – this in preparation for when all our rooms will be full with relatives. I’ve also got a Christmas colour newsletter to assemble before the 15th. Strangely, blogging continues to be high on my priority list. I suppose in the future i’ll be glad of it, but just now it’s a dumb task as it doesnt seem to produce much of anything and seems to drain a lot of my time.

  I mentioned briefly on Facebook how i met some Lithuanians at the cafe where Josh and i were taking lunch on Thursday. We rolled up to the cafe on the motorbike and saw a tour bus drive up at the same time. Knowing the wait time for food when the place is full we quickly raced ahead of them and ordered our “big hamburger”. The group came out and sat down near to us on the veranda. I heard them speaking Russian. It was such a strange meeting of very different worlds. Here i was dressed in a sundress, they were dressed for a northern winter. It was HOT out. I wondered for a long time where they were from and whether they would mind terribly if i asked them… so i did. I asked if they were from Russia (well, they WERE speaking Russian) to which they replied that they were from Lithuania. Ha. “No way!” i said. “I used to work there for 3 years!!” And so we got to talking. They are from Kaunas whereas i lived and worked in Klaipeda. They had vaguely heard of LCC. I asked them what had made them choose to come to Madagascar for vacation. One guy said, “The movie.” haha. Anyway, talking with them made me feel homesick for Lithuania again. It’s not that i’m unhappy here. It’s just that… Lithuania – the country – is my first love. It’s hard to forget her, hard not to want to go back. To be fair though, i reckon that should i ever go back i’ll realize that it’s the experiences that made it what it is in my memory. Madagascar is still pushing her roots into my heart and i suppose that when we’re called to leave i will feel the same kind of nostalgia for this place.

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