Thursday, December 30, 2010

Anders Friend from the Bhutan


We had a friend from Anders kindergarten's class over for dinner tonight. He and his family have been in the United States for less than 6 months and know very little English. The parents are from Bhutan, but have spent the past 20 years in Nepal. They immigrated just recently. Luckily, a local high school student came with them as the interpreter - even though she herself has only been in the states for the past three years. It was an amazing experience to have them as dinner guests. Anders was bedside himself with joy, and the family was so deeply grateful to be invited. Safal and Anders spent nearly the entire time playing with remote vehicles and trying hard to converse. It is so cool to watch your 5 year old trying to communicate with another 5 year old who is non-English speaking, but quick to learn!
It was a wonderful night.

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