School, Ramadan, and our new Habibti

I've finished the first week of my arabic school! Its gone by really well so far. I have 3 other girls in my class, 2 are from the states and one is from Japan. So its been interesting seeing how we all deal with the language differently. I have a great teacher, Sharif, and he really makes the class enjoyable. So far its been mostly review for me.. doing the alphabet and pronunciation and such. But Ive been trying to take advantage of the extra time to learn new vocab. I so enjoy learning Arabic. I never thought I would take such an interest in it, but my end goal is to really master this language. I don't know how long it will take me.. but one day!! 

I am sorry I havent been updating as often as I would like. We are trying to get internet in our apartment, but since its Ramadan no one really likes to get anything done. So the only time I can get online is when I have extra time here at the Wommack's house. Ramadan (the Muslim month of fasting) has been interesting here so far. All the work days are cut in half. If you walk outside when the sun is setting its a ghost town (well compared to how many people are usually out and about) because everyone is sitting down waiting for the call to prayer to go off so they can break fast and party all night :) 

You will pass restaurants and everyone is just sitting thier waiting for the mosque to go off so they can dig in, its pretty amusing. We've been refraining from drinking and chewing gum in public (and of course eating) so we don't offend anyone. But today on the metro my egyptian christian friend offered me gum and i totally forgot about ramadan and started chewing.. and then i was mortified thinking eveyone would think i was a horrible stupid american, but she assured me it was ok... and no one was looking at me like I should drop dead, so I think I'll be okay. They have great little foods and deserts during Ramadan that they done serve any other time of the year so I've quite enjoyed it so far. Although some people do seem a little more crankier hehe.

So I have to run because we have to go catch a taxi home and get some sleep. But we have rescued a little kitty from the street and are determined to keep it! Her name is Habibti, which means my love in arabic. Shes so cute and tiny! We tried rescuing a different kitten earlier, but ended up having to put it to sleep because it was too diseased. So we don't want to be the reason another cat dies! Anyways I got to go. 

God Bless!!