Busy in TO

Sorry for not writing in soooo long, but we have been really busy here in TO. We have so many people to visit, back and forth between the two families, and mosque basically every day. Since our arrival in TO on Tuesday afternoon, we have been to 3 mosque functions, one more tonight, 3 weddings and 1 reception...and a partridge in a pair tree...lol....

Since we decided to go to Syria, we have always felt that it was meant to be.. you know how some things just seem to fall into place!?!? well, things have really been in our favor, once we decided to go ahead for this course, Alhamd. Pretty cool. So something exciting happened to both Sabiha and I. We came on Tuesday afternoon, landed around 330, got home around 5. Spent some time here at Mummy's (Sabiha's mom) and then went to go visit Mom (My mom). See the difference?? This is how Sabiha and I know which mother we are referring too..lol. During dinner, Akil (Sabiha's brother) mentioned to me he has to give a lecture at the Brampton Mosque and really didnt have time to prepare. So he asked if I wanted to recite..lol... what??? I have given many lectures at the LA mosque, but never anywhere else. lol.. so after further discussion with my agent (Sabiha), we decided to go ahead with it. First majlis for me at another Mosque, how exciting!!! and nerve wrecking ofcourse...lol...

So I did mention something exciting happened to both of us... On Thursday, we were driving around when Sabiha got a call from Mummy. Sabiha had been requested by some lady to give a lecture at her house. What????? lol, how exciting, we both just came to visit and hang out with family, and we are both going to give lectures..lol... Told you this whole thing is 'meant to be'..lol. So I did give my lecture on Thursday night and Sabiha did give her lecture on Friday afternoon. Its hard as a lecturer to say how it went, but both group of listeners said it went great! IA it will get accepted.

Besides that, we have been going to mosque a lot. Crazy the number of people who attend mosque here. Nothing at all like what we see in LA. But the community size here is HUGE. Overall, its been a fun trip so far, and we still have another week to go. By the way, we have paid our Salaams to Tim Hortons, Popeyes, and Shalimar (they serve an East African Menu there). Many more restaurants to visit :)

Will write more soon!!!