Comments on: Our First Letter From Selina http://www.homegrownhearts.com/blog/2008/our-first-letter-from-selina/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:29:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jodi http://www.homegrownhearts.com/blog/2008/our-first-letter-from-selina/#comment-1644 Jodi Wed, 14 May 2008 15:57:54 +0000 http://www.homegrownhearts.com/blog/?p=74#comment-1644 While I appreciate the offer of pet baby-sitting :-), there is this little problem of actually physically getting to Africa...which would involve airplane flight. Then there is the fact that I am a huge mosquito magnet and there is the malaria deal. Not impossible to overcome and sometimes I do think of it as a serious possibility, but it also seems so crazy to even consider. I don't know, LOL. Yes, we are really learning some Swahili. Me more than the boys. Mostly we're learning individual words - the phrases get tricky. They'll combine a whole sentence into one word and I'm not that adept at it yet. So far I'm working on very basic words (family members, greetings, numbers, etc.)that I think I might be able to work into my letters to her. I've also found at least one error in the translation from Swahili in the letter I got from her, so I might try translating it myself - that's probably a good exercise for learning, anyway. While I appreciate the offer of pet baby-sitting :-), there is this little problem of actually physically getting to Africa…which would involve airplane flight. Then there is the fact that I am a huge mosquito magnet and there is the malaria deal. Not impossible to overcome and sometimes I do think of it as a serious possibility, but it also seems so crazy to even consider. I don’t know, LOL.

Yes, we are really learning some Swahili. Me more than the boys. Mostly we’re learning individual words - the phrases get tricky. They’ll combine a whole sentence into one word and I’m not that adept at it yet. So far I’m working on very basic words (family members, greetings, numbers, etc.)that I think I might be able to work into my letters to her. I’ve also found at least one error in the translation from Swahili in the letter I got from her, so I might try translating it myself - that’s probably a good exercise for learning, anyway.

]]> By: Gina Webb http://www.homegrownhearts.com/blog/2008/our-first-letter-from-selina/#comment-1637 Gina Webb Tue, 13 May 2008 05:03:27 +0000 http://www.homegrownhearts.com/blog/?p=74#comment-1637 Aw! That is so awesome. Are you really learning Swahili? That would be pretty neat. That is so cute she wants to know when you are coming to visit. So, when's the big trip? I will take care of your pets while you are away;) Aw! That is so awesome. Are you really learning Swahili? That would be pretty neat. That is so cute she wants to know when you are coming to visit. So, when’s the big trip? I will take care of your pets while you are away;)

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