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PKnowler:
Susan,
Thanks for sharing that story with us about visiting a Mosque. You crack me up! You would be such a blast to hang out with. I can just picture the events in your story. Sheik & bake- That's hysterical! :D You would probably get me laughing so hard my sides would hurt and I couldn't breathe. I love it that you have such a good time with your activities in life. That's great! :)
I would have liked to have seen your educational presentation on Saudi Arabia too. That sounds really cool! What a great learning experience for Daniel! It was a great idea to visit the Mosque too. :)
hebrewroots98:
Anne, I'm glad that you dont mind the digressions! ;)
Paula,
I am releived that you all liked it. ONE of these days, Lord willing, we might get to visit. You crack me up too ;D! (What is funny to others is that I am being serious and others don't take me serious, they see it as funny ::) :D lol!
Anne was dressed in the black 'borka';she said nothing, as Arabic women do in public when around men; and Daniel was dressed as a 'bedouine camel herder', and the other boy was dressed as King Abdul Aziz (long gown and white head wrap), and the other boy was the Imam (the Sheik/Holy Man) his outfit was what Daniel was given by the Sheik of the Mosque, but he shared the long white gown and let his friend wear it with a white skull cap. They all acted it out as though it was a play (in the first peson...)what was really neat was that the Sheik had loaned us this HUGE (larger than poster size) picture of their holy city of Mecca; there must have been about at least a million muslim MEN bent down and bowing to the east...all wearing white gowns and a head covering, it was interesting. It is something that they won't soon forget (We had all of the five senses that were in the presentation: the visuals (pix (ha, I have a pix of the RED SEA and the western coast of Saudi Arabia that I, artifacts, the taste (made an authentic Saudi dish to eat)
hebrewroots98:
Darn it, I DID IT AGAIN...HIT SEND BEFORE FINISHED...I appologise here ::)
(con't)
the 5 senses were of
1-(see)that pix of where the Red Sea had parted! I had taken that as we flew over the Red Sea...one of my very favorite pix in the world!
2-(taste) the food,
3-(the smell)- of Arabic spices (cardamom) AND Arabic insence that I had lit,
4-hearing the kids talk about the facts, and
5-(touch)- all kinds of artifacts and money bills and coins and natural grown crystal rocks that were all pefectly 8 edged in perfect symetry, hand made Mosques (one for women and one for the men), etc...
Yes, the visit to the Mosque really 'rocked' as Daniel says. The Sheik really took to Daniel too; they were just not impressed that the woman and her two boys didn't come along with us. (their loss ;) These are very kind people; very educated and very caustious too; of course we had to take our shoes off and they gave us a guided tour,answered all of our questions and then we just shot the breeze for a while. (Ha, maybe next year we can do the country of the 'VATICAN CITY'; last year we did TEXAS (as if it is it's own country... ;))
good night for real this time!
rrammfcitktturjsp:
Susan,
Wonder where you got the idea of the Vatican City??? When my son grows older and stuff, we may do that country, but in preparparation we may go and visit Vatican City again. It is beautiful and Italy is wonderful. Ahhhh, I miss the Italian country.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
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