A visit from my friend Majida

I met Majida and her husband Chalak through our church about two years ago. (Aletheia, our church, goes door to door and if people need something they try to provide it. Majida wanted an English teacher, so there I was.) Their are a Kurdish family from Iraq. They were refugees. When Chalak was young, 26 members of his family died in one day when Saddam chemical bombed his town. They have lived in the United States for over nine years now. Chalak got his citizenship last year.

Majida finally got to come visit our "new" apartment. She is usually busy working during the week at Walmart, but she isn't working now due to an automobile accident. She picked some tomatoes and peppers from my garden and the children played together for a while. She wouldn't eat or drink because it is Ramadan now. Here are her adorable children: (We were pregnant at the same time for awhile!)


Rozda (sunrise) and Rawaz (mountain range)

Rahel (rainfall) and Annie