Last week the show came to town. A local Arabic-language Christian satellite
station, Sat 7, featured Dar El Awlad on it’s show Yella Nghanny Sawa (Let’s Sing Together). The host of the program happens to be
Ruth’s cousin, Marianne Daou, and a number of our boys have been guests of the
live show in the past. This time all the
boys were featured! They did a great job
of getting through the production and displayed some rather fair showmanship
qualities. The episode will air this
weekend and it will be interesting to see how they edit the show together. I’m sure the boys will be excited to see
themselves on tv. Sat 7 reaches homes
throughout the Arabic-speaking world so there will be many more who will see
the boys as well. May God use them to be
a blessing!
Monday, October 21, 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013
Family Engagement
Putting a ring on that finger. Gotta love the rabbit. |
When the photographers are photographed...the pictures come out blurry. |
A mansaf lunch. Dad got the sheep head platter. |
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
The First Day of School is a Day of Accomplishment for Me
Some our boys heading out to Beirut for their first day of the school year.
Usually the last day of school is the day of accomplishment,
but for me it’s the first day. When the
boys go off on that first day I know that I managed to get them set-up for the
year ahead by registering them in new schools and classes, gathering with right
books and equipment, and supplying the uniforms to keep up with their growing
teenage bodies. That may seem like a
simple task, but I've actually found it to be quite complicated and taxing. Most schools don’t provide school books for
students (even if they do, you have to buy and sell on the street to get used
books at a big discount). They give you
a list and you have to run around town to different book shops and track all
the right books and updated editions. I
have yet to find a shop that carries all the books (every school follows different
curriculum it seems), but I've learned which places are better stocked than
others. It’s not a straightforward
process by any means, but over the years I've come to figure it out. Still, there’s a relieving feeling of accomplishment
when the boys head out on that first day looking ready for the year ahead. There will be steady streams of needs
throughout the year and more trips around town to make sure they have the
supplies and equipment they need, but hopefully I managed to get them off on a
good first step.
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