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.
