Anita's New House

This past week, Anita, our helper, (see past blogs June 2006 Universal Language) invited us to her house for dinner. When we arrived, we were surprised to see that she and her family of 7 had moved into a larger home. It was still only one room, but it was considerably larger (although smaller than a dorm room). She was obviously proud of her new home. We also felt honored because she had a picture of us framed on her wall. This time we were welcomed with hugs from all of her children who were immediately calling out our names. This was direct contrast to our first visit, where none of them would even enter the room for the first hour and a half we were there. They were definitely not shy this time. Anita immediately began cooking so the kids were left to entertain us. They asked us to go up to the roof because it was cooler – which meant us climbing us this bamboo ladder to their roof that overlooked the low-income area they lived in. They spread out a sheet and began performing for us Bollywood songs and dances. Of course they gave us our chance to perform also. We taught them Jesus Loves You and the Electric Slide (not together of course. Lol). They were a lot of fun! We ate dinner, and then we noticed that Anita had changed into a fancy saree, which could only mean one thing – she was ready for her picture (see past blog). We of course were happy to agree, and the photo shoot began again. However, something really funny happened. I won’t tell you, but just will see if you can pick up the similarities. For a little background of the situation: Alicia recently went home for her best friend’s wedding. She has shown Anita the wedding pictures and this particular picture is the background on Alicia’s computer, which Anita sees often. Do you notice any similarities?

We got a good laugh out of this!