so my vocab is slowly increasing and am ofcourse trying to pick up most important words lol 'utla' means holiday...we have a 3 day break, well today is almost over for us but we're off tomorrow and saturday. since it is the holy month of ramadhan; there are certain nights when we are awake and night in supplication and prayer to Him...it's nice to have these days off so we can focus on the spiritual aspect of this holy month.
we can't express enought how grateful we are to all of the people we interact with here alhamd...one of our teachers' invited us over to his place for dinner...his wife cooked a fabulous syrian/lebanese meal for us...neither him or his wife speak any english so we were forced to use the little arabic that we know - we did quite well as the 4 hours we spent there flew by really fast...
another person that we have failed to mention since we've arrived here, and has been extremely helpful is haji hussein - he is always there for us in any aspect since day one, and has continued to go above and beyond to ensure that we are well taken care of and are comfortable. he is always encouraging us to use our arabic with him and is always proactive in asking us about our classes to make sure they are goin ok. shukran jazeelan haji hussein. by they way remember in one of our earlier blogs i had mentioned how crazy it is driving here? well guess what? haji hussein got his licence just a few days ago - can u believe it? not sure yet if we're ready to drive with him, but sure he'll take us out once he gets his new car lol
as for our classes, they are going really well - each week is more and more exciting as we are learing more and more and are actually able to understand and communicate much more. just earlier we were watching some news on tv and we were actually able to pick up quite a bit!
al'aan nahnu nadhhabu ilal masjid lil salat wa ba'da namshee ila al-bayt lil iftaar! now we are going to the mosque for our prayers and then will walk home for dinner :)
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yo man, i understand that sentence. good stuff man, ur getting good. grammars on pt too. i really would like to hit u up once in the next couple months and chat with u in detail about the school, its prgm, and living over there. it would help me a lot before i were to head there. alright brother. take care, iltemase dua3. Dannesh.
Salaamun alaikum
It has been a pleasure reading your blog. I pray that all is going well and continues to do so.
We are all well here, sadly the Holy Month has passed very quickly. We pray to the Almighty to accept all our amaals and to grant us our duas.
I just wanted to inform you that Fatim, the 2 Princes and myself are coming to Shaam for Ziyarat. Inshallah. The Princes have midterm so we decided to be amongst the first family members to visit you.:) We will only be there for 3 days but will make the most of it. Inshallah.
With salaams and duas
Akhtar
Salaams, We shall be in Sham from the 20th inshallah. See u soon. Akhtar
Salaams Guys,
Nice to read your updates and see that you are all well..
Keep up with your work.
We miss you guys here. Talk this weekend iA>.
JAMIL
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