Lunch with friends…Today we ate lunch with the family that we met yesterday. Maria and I were getting pretty frustrated because it took us two hours, 30 dirham and a trip back to the house from the Medina to get in touch with this family. It looked like we were going to be stood up for the third time in three days but they showed up.
We walked through these narrow winding roads through the Medina until we got to the house. The family lived in this tiny little second floor apartment. Inside was this random traveling French chef on the couch. He had been invited the same way we had. We played with the kids. It was funny because at one point when the baby was screaming, the mother walked over and just sat the screaming kid in my lap, dripping diaper and all.
The kitchen was about 4ft by 4ft. It was wide enough for a sink and one person. There was a metal burner on top of a gas tank for the stove. No refrigerator…and fish and ground beef sitting on the table 
But the food was wonderful. We all sat around a table and ate from a plate in the center with our fingers. I enjoyed it. Between the Arabic family, the French chef, the Spanish speaking sister, and the crazy English girls, we communicated pretty well.
The sisters told us that they liked us and asked us whether we wanted to marry American men or a man from the country we are in. How do we answer that one?? They liked Maria enough to try to set her up with their brother!
Observations of Culture…The whole time we were there the TV was on showing American shows. Most of the Moroccans ideas of Americans come from these shows. That is not a good portrayal at all. Before we left, they turned on their American music. It is the funniest thing to be in the middle of a Medina in an Islamic country listening to the Titanic soundtrack.
Unproductive Day…Overall, it didn’t feel like a very productive day. At least it wasn’t in ways I could see. I guess I need to trust that the Lord works in ways we can’t see. It is wonderful when we can see when He works, but sometimes we don’t see. Hopefully we can introduce one of the people who works here to the family so they can better communicate with the family.
