Off to school for both of us. Anya brought her laptop to work on the online English course and some of her own Algebra 2 work, while her class took their math test. As Anya isn’t getting graded here, it is more profitable to work on what she needs to do.
I was reading Fernando Segovia’s book, Decolonizing Biblical Studies, and putting some notes into my PhD software. He has some good things, but I have some critiques, so I was looking forward to our conversation about it in the afternoon.
There was a special lunch today of Thai food that was delivered. There was a staff meeting about the pending merger of 4 small church-related schools into one larger school. We PhD students didn’t have to attend (but we did get the food) as it was in Norsk. Knut gave us his take on the plans, yet to be approved by the owners of MHS–the Norwegian Mission Society. He said it is practical, and amazingly, no one has expressed opposition.
The afternoon was spent in Hebrew translation, then discussion of Segovia’s book, and then some review of Zephania’s and Hoyce’s research projects. They are coming together. I brought some Toblerone chocolate from my passing through duty free shopping in the airport on our return from Sweden. I also had some beaded trinkets for everyone: keychains for Zephania and Knut, with Knut getting the little replica of the elder’s talking stick–like a scepter of authority, and little Maasai mama beaded earrings for Hoyce. It was fun to see her wearing them!
I stopped off at the big mall on the way home, as tomorrow is a bank holiday, so the stores will be closed. I finally bit the bullet and bought a hot water pot. The one here has been leaking if there is more than 1 cup of water in the pot. So, while this has been leaking since we came, I figured that this would be a gift to our landlords who have been so gracious with us–such as letting us wear their traditional Norsk costumes.
The photos today will be a couple more pictures of our home–the dining table. Yesterday’s picture of the sitting room is the place where I’m standing for this first photo, with the table in the distance.
So, a good day with the Maasai research project, but not much for visuals for you. Enjoy envisioning us at the table eating our Wheetos cereal for breakfast or having homemade pizza for dinner.
With blessings,
Beth