SNOW?!

It is crazy snowy outside. and so cold. tim and i marched through the slush to get to school today. i am thankful that the campus is warm. we took pictures of the journey but i forgot my camera cord to download them... so sad. so be looking for those tomorrow. as well (as requested) more pics of tim and i :)

heart warming story: i am not feeling well, with a cough - yuck. anyways as we were walking home i mentioned to tim i did not feel up to making dinner. he said he would be more than happy to cook. well we arrive home to aunt elesa looking slightly worried and telling me to go see francswa because she bought something for me. glad to know she was ok, but not understanding what was purchased i went upstairs. well come to find out she had bought us two buckets (i had asked jamil for one), as well as a large rug for our apartment. she said it would help with the cold. she then asked if it would be ok if tim and i came over. i said no problem. (i imagine aunt elesa concern was that we were home later than they thought and she knew francswa was hoping to host us). needless to say we were talking and then francswa asked if she may bring us some dinner. she made us a wonderful meal! rice, soup, spinach and beets (didn't try the beets...). she gave us cups of coke and tea with cookies to finish. it was delightful to sit with her (and later her husband) and talk and laugh. her english is very good and she also taught us some arabic. she knows 4 languages. she is from france and is jewish, which is odd finding her married to a Christian man - living in the muslim quarter of the city. we hope to hear more of her story. we feel well taken care of and so thankful for her friendship.