Today we celebrated Eid. We woke up to a special breakfast with beef kebobs, sweet rice, desserts made with sugar and rice or noodles and milk, mutton, and flat bread. Everyone wore their new clothes with matching accessories for the women (sandals, dangling earrings, and bangles). All of the children received small amounts of money for gifts. They would bow down to your feet three times to show respect. Starting right after breakfast, all the neighbors briefly visited each other's homes. In each home, you ate more food. To not do so would be considered rude. If we had totally understood this, we wouldn't have eaten so much food at breakfast! After this time of visiting, everyone visited family members and friends for the rest of the day. We visited Hasan's mom's family this afternoon. Tonight Nadeem and I are having a sort of "date night." We have some quiet time alone here while everyone is continuing the visiting. It's hard for us to go out so much with a baby. So far we've had a wonderful salad for dinner. Nadeem shopped for fresh vegetables for us, and I think we totally confused the poor young servant. I guess they don't eat salads here much! We've hung out with Kalina and just enjoyed a quiet evening.
We have no new news concerning our US approval to return home. The US Embassy is closed here until Sunday due to the Eid holiday. Thanks for continuing to pray for us!
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