There were familiar sounds in our house Saturday night-- Sounds of girls giggling instead of sleeping. Emily had 2 friends over to spend the night for her birthday. 3 girls who come from3 very different backgrounds--Jaina is an MK(missionary kid) who is the child of an MK and has spent most of her life living overseas in Paupa New Guinea and the Philippines. Keisha is the daughter of a Filipino businessman who has grown up in the PI and is a new student at Faith this year. Emily of course is a small town southern girl new to the Philippines. It is amazing that 3 girls from such diverse backgrounds can be such good friends. They have bonded well at school this year. It hasn't hurt that 2 of them were new to Faith.
On Sunday morning we got up early, attended church and then went ice skating. Emily has been looking forward to this since we moved here. She says she is the only girl in her class who has never been. She was supposed to go skating for Jaina's birthday in February, but that was the weekend of the big coup attempt and State of Emergency so they stayed closer to home, much to Emily's dismay. So what was Emily's first birthday in the tropics?? Ice Skating! Who would have guessed?
Emily wearing a sweatshirt and jeans for the first time in almost a year!
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