Day 6

Today was Ben's first day of  teaching about the Pastoral Epistles at the seminary, so the kids and I decided to visit the wet market (where the locals buy all their daily supplies and fruits and veggies) so we would have something to go with our lunch rice. It's not wise, however, to start shopping without having some teh tarik first (pulled hot sweet tea). The servers always get a  kick out of watching a bunch of foreign kids drinking their favorite tea drink. They were calling their friends over to take a look. (We're working on getting the supplies to make some in North Carolina). Between sips Jaden paused to say (with a serious look on his face) "I'm actually more Malaysian than American." Love that.

Everyone weighed down with mangoes, chicken, veggies, and household goods, we track back to the car which I cannot now get started. (It worked fine this morning?). Several tries but to no avail. Well, the kids had been wanting to try the bus, so here was our chance to familiarize ourselves with the bus system. We didn't have any problem finding our way home and even made a friend on the bus who lives in our building here.

It's almost dinner time now and the kids are sitting on the couch with Ben watching Spongebob in Bahasa Malay. Ben is translating here and there and the kids are laughing. (So is Ben). The tv has four stations which are all Malay, and Ben and I get to practice translating. The kids have also started homeschooling this week and are learning (or relearning) Malay words to use at the markets.

I've discovered I can get better "everyday" pictures if I give a camera to a child to use as we are walking around. So here are a few pictures compliments of Mariah. We enjoy watching people haggling over the prices. One lady who was buying a wok for like $2 got quite angry.

Thanks for visiting!