Adapting?

Okay, so you know that your kids are getting prepared for the whole third culture concept when you observe the following behaviors:

• While taking a walk with your 7 year old she says, "Mommy, look at that cute squirrel. (long pause) Mommy, if that squirrel bit us, we wouldn't die because we have gotten all 3 of our rabies shots."


• When your 9 year old son asks for a Hausa Bible on his next birthday.


• When baby doll play now requires 2 long scarves- one to wrap around the "mommy's" head and another to tie the baby onto the back. And when you overhear the play the children are "talking" with a long string of sounds that are not truly a foreign language, but sound an awfully lot like they could be.


• All country flags are either immediately identified and then connected with the friend who is or will soon be living in that country OR must be identified ASAP so that we can figure out what country it belongs to and what their major religions are.


• When you're headed to Sunday evening worship and your children ask, "Mom, what continent are we going to worship like tonight and how many different languages will we hear?"

Needless to say, we're having a great time of learning and we're especially enjoying our Sunday night, cross-cultural worship times. Tonight, our service consisted of at least 8 different languages. I've also learned that one good thing about wearing a head covering is that you don't have to waste time fixing your hair!

I can't wait to find time to share more (but for now I must sleep!)