Joyful Moments
The wife of a teacher who teaches class five just had a little baby boy. The staff at CRC school decided to put in some money towards a gift for the family. Today after school, the staff went over to the house to give the gift to the family and to pray over the child. When I arrived with several of the other teachers, Mohamed brought out his little baby son. As he was standing in front of me with his child, I proceeded to ask "may I hold him?" Apparently that was quite a funny question to ask because all the other teachers laughed at my question and proceeded to explain how no one asks that question in Salon. People will just give you their children to hold. I love it! There have been several instances in the U.S where I have asked to hold someone's baby and have been rejected every time. At church here, I probably end up having a child on my lap at least half of the service. Something that I have begun to appreciate and I might soon m...