third post

Going into the apartment complex having more confidence and having an idea of what we were going to do with the family today I was very excited. We got into their family room again with much enthusiasm by them that we were there; they were ready to have another good meeting with us. We talked about the different types of weather patterns we were use to. It being a snowy day they did not like the great Iowa weather. They were explaining to us how they are us to how hot it is in Iraq and us being shocked all thinking no way would we be able to live in that part of the world just because how hot it is. As they were probably thinking we are crazy for putting up with the cold for some many years of our life already. We also talked about the different types of ways to travel by cars with expressways and highways. This was our first time we really had to explain something completely new to them. Wahab was very interested in how we have to pay tolls on some roads and not on others.  He asked which one I liked better and I never really had to think of this. I normally just get in the car and drive knowing where my final destination would be and never really thinking about the way I was getting there. This threw me for a spin. I had to sit there and think to myself the difference. Wahab brought up many points on how different it is and ways he would go about something like this. Giving me new ideas about things I never thought about. Yessin this time was more active to he was showing my two partners his toys and wanting them to play with him. He brought out almost every toy he had. His mother did not know what to do with him because of how much fun he was having showing off all his stuff.  Rasha indulged in some conversation but not much because she is still learning English she has been attending classes for English and showed my partners some of her work. They asked if she needed any help and she did not need much. Rasha would ask us the difference between some words and why words were used the way they were and in their different tenses.

            After the meeting I was thinking to myself we are suppose to be helping them not them helping us. I thought this because they are making us think about our culture in ways we never have. They seemed very comfortable with the new life they are living and I could not be happier for them. I was just in aw about how they do not realize probably how much this is affecting me in such good ways. I use to not really be to found of dealing with other cultures but they have made me realize how great of a country we live in and how to look at things in a completely different way. We have blended our two cultures together were we are able to make jokes and laugh about dumb things that I thought were oh so easy.  This is when I really started to enjoy this project.