My Saturday went fairly well. I spent a good amount of time with the Lord in the morning, which was refreshing. I also was able to study for about 2 hours- and that felt really good. In the afternoon, I watched a movie with Robin while I wrote a few notes to people, and crocheted some.
In the evening, I went to Precious' house (our neighbor the one who speaks Kahani and English). I met her whole family this time, and really enjoyed ‘hanging out’ at her house. She invited me any time, and I too told her to come to our house. Her father came home and I said something in Hindi and he was impressed (I think he too speaks some English). He pointed to Pooja and said, “She can be your teacher- Hindi and Kahani.” Pooja said to me, “say, you are my friend.” So I said that.
On the one hand it was really nice that Precoius- someone whom I’ve only met a few times, considers me her friend. But that is just the Indian culture. BUT, I’m wondering if her father might have a good idea---why can’t Precious be my language teacher?? Perhaps her Kahani isn’t the BEST because she speaks English, but, I think it would be more straightforward than Uncle’s. THEN AGAIN, I won’t know til I try. But, did Precioussay that statement about being my friend because she doesn’t want to be considered my teacher? Shanna (another girl in another OneStory project) does her back-translations with her language teacher…I’m wonder if I could do the same with Precious….
Anyway, if I see her again, I may mention it to her….I have no idea what dialect she speaks….but am not really worried about that at this point.
Love ya!
~ Elizabeth
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