From Emily - Age 6

(dictated to and typed by her brother, Josh)

1-Africa

I am in Africa. I have a good house. It is pretty here, but it is different. We have what we need. All is well. Africa has lots of trees and flowers.

2-Trees

Here, the trees and the flowers are pretty. Flowers can be any color—red, orange, blue, purple, yellow, and pink, but trees can only be green, except in the fall and winter. Some trees have apples! Some don't. Some have bananas! Some don't.

3-Apples

In Africa apples can be green, red, orange, and yellow. Apples can be growing on trees .

4-Crosses

Sometimes we see crosses here in Africa. The cross reminds me about when Jesus died. These crosses are brown. I like brown, but I like pink better!

5-Feelings

I am very happy here in Africa! When I first got here I was feeling pretty nervous, but now I've been here for a while and I'm getting used to it. When I was still visiting family members I was imagining Africa. I expected it to be really unusual, but when I got here it was excellent!

6-Clothes

I have plenty of clothes here in Africa. I have pretty clothes, and I have regular clothes too. Most of these clothes I got from my old home, but I really want to go shopping to get some African dresses.

7-Ice Cream and Cake

Here in Africa we do have ice cream. There's this guy named Tees-Fotos that can make ice cream! We also have cake here in Africa. My mom bought it at the market. It was lemon cake! We had it on a priest named Father Michal's birthday at dinnertime. It was yummy!!

8-Light

Here in Africa we have electricity! We use electricity for things like light bulbs, our refrigerator, and charging our new computer and two new cell phones.

9-Bedrooms

All of our family has good bedrooms. We all have bug nets around our bed. Me and my sister call them Princess Curtains because they are pretty color green but two days ago my mom gave us Pink ones

10-People

Here in Africa mostly everybody has black skin. Whenever we go somewhere everybody stares at us because we have white skin and blond hair. When we meet someone they are very friendly.

11-Rain and Lighting

Almost every night we have rain and lightning. One day, we had to go to Sunday school and we got stuck in the rain! When my dad was gone, Jessica and my mom were sleeping together. Mom got up to shut the window and a flash of lightning came across the sky. Mom jumped into bed and Jessica and Mom started laughing and snuggling.

12- Food

The food is different here in Africa. Some foods I like. Some foods I don't. I like the rice, soup, chicken, Irish Potatoes (They taste like French Fries!), cow meat, and others that I forgot. But foods that I don't like...I don't want to list them.

13-Goats

There are goats around my house!! The goats are brown and white. One is having a baby. The one that's not having a baby they're going to kill so they can eat the yummy meat.

14-Cleaning

My mom has all she needs for cleaning. She has a broom, a dust pan, and powder for cleaning the house and clothes.

15-Bugs

There are different kinds of bugs here in Africa. I haven't seen many spiders, but there are a lot of mosquitoes outside. When we go out we have to put bug spray on. There are a lot of ants coming into our house, but not a lot of mosquitoes.

16-Homeschooling

My mom is homeschooling (in addition to school) Josh, Jessica, and me. Today in school we learned part of the Centenary Prayer. The part we learned goes like this: Loving Father, You have made us good and beautiful in your own image. We praise and thank you for calling us to be your children. Also, I did 2 pages in a book that teaches me about word sounds.

17-Neighbors

The neighbors are very friendly. I like them. The first day we got here we went to visit our neighbors. They shook our hands and greeted us happily. Today one of our neighbors brought us a food called Chin-Chin that is shaped like a long stick. I love Chin-Chin!

19-Friends and Family

I miss my old friends. Their names are Paige, Claudia, and Megan, Rebeka and Adrianna, Kassie, Kira and Ethan, and Denise. I also miss my old family members. Their names are Lindsey and Michael, Paula and Andres, John, Thomas, Kathrine, and Anna Rose, and April and Cherice and many others.