Khenifra take 2

I'm back in Khenifra with my CBT group (Andrea, Jesse, Cory, Carolyn, and Juliana). I was quite scared to come back because I was afraid my language wasn't as good as I hoped upon returning. However, during our travels back, my teacher said she was really impressed with my ability to communicate with the taxi drivers and store owners, so that was encouraging.

I slept a lot the first day. We had the day off, upon arriving, and I was a bit shy about talking with the family, didn't know what to do with them as they were working and at school. I needed some alone time anyways, so I just read the Economist, my Bible and slept a lot. I still feel like I haven't been as participatory in their lives this time around, hiding in my room to study or rest more, but I also feel like I can communicate a good bit better. Not struggling to find words for one simple sentence, now it's usually a matter of trying how to conjugate the verbs I need.

Last night we had Lftor (breaking the Ramadan fast/feast at dusk) with Carolyn's family. I usually love having Lftor there because her "mother" is such a good cook and quite the regal, large, queen-like lady of a host. When we walked in, however, the movie Little Women was on TV and was instantly wisked away into old America, to a happy, old familiar story.. of four women, like me and my sisters. I was quite taken with how much it affected me.