{"id":351,"date":"2011-11-01T13:42:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T21:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=351"},"modified":"2011-11-01T13:42:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T21:42:49","slug":"little-by-little","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2011\/11\/01\/little-by-little\/","title":{"rendered":"Little by Little"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a lady at our church who comes up to me every Sunday and greets me (in French of course).\u00a0 Then she asks about my French studys and reminds me that I will get it “little by little”.\u00a0 I have found that the people here are really patient and know that we will be able to talk to them at some point, but it will come “little by little”.\u00a0 I was thinking about it today and we are making steps in adapting.\u00a0 It is good for us to notice the little steps, because then it makes the mountain seem a little smaller.\u00a0 Here are some of the ways I see my family adapting to life in Africa:<\/p>\n

– I no longer change out of my skirt first thing when I walk into my house.<\/p>\n

– The boys are adapting to the food.\u00a0 Tyler has started to enjoy peanuts as a snack and Ethan ate rice with onion sauce today (and liked it).<\/p>\n

\"Yay
Yay for Peanuts!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Okay
Okay there is a smile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

– We no longer wake up to the 5 AM call to prayer, or the roster on the roof next door, or even the goats next to our bedroom window.<\/p>\n

– We are starting to eat our lunch later.\u00a0 We still aren’t eating at 2 like most Africans would, but we usually make it until 1.<\/p>\n

– The mild heat doesn’t bother us.\u00a0 We find ourselves requiring a fan less often and have even slept a few nights without a fan blowing on us.<\/p>\n

\"No
No Sweat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

– The boys have adapted to the transportation here.\u00a0 Bus = nap!\u00a0 The boys are often asleep 5 minutes after the bus takes off.\u00a0 Which is good, because bus rides are cheap, but long (especially if they aren’t very full, because then they wait for more passengers).<\/p>\n

\"Or
Or Maybe Tyler is just learning to sleep anywhere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

– Computer = phone: We are so thankful for skype and the connection to\u00a0family it gives us.<\/p>\n

\"Talking
Talking to Grandpa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

– Our apartment is becoming a home.\u00a0 We have now begun putting pictures on the walls and had our first company over for dinner.<\/p>\n

\"Pictures
Pictures up and table set<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

– We have made some friends and are having fun here in Africa!<\/p>\n

\"A
A special outing with Friends<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Where
Where there is no slide...make a slide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Getting
Getting energy out is important<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a lady at our church who comes up to me every Sunday and greets me (in French of course).\u00a0 Then she asks about my French studys and reminds me that I will get it “little by little”.\u00a0 I have found that the people here are really patient and know that we will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":830,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2545],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-updates-and-news","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}