Starfish Dreams

Conversation about moving

She's right in some ways......

20:57, Sunday, December 9, 2007 .. Posted by blessedmomof10

Holly,

I read thru the list of fears your daugher has and I have to admit that some of the things she listed are real things that you may encounter living in Africa.......
1. housing...... finding a large home will be challenging.... when we lived in Guatemala we lived in a 3 bed 1,500 sq feet home. It was beautiful - but very cozy. :)
2. the kids did have to share bedrooms - one boys room and one girls -- that was hard.... the beds were so close together you really didn't have any room to walk! Kids had to crawl over beds! Truly!
3. We did have a dorm sized fridge! Or close to it! It was so small -- I had to go to the grocery every other day for supplies.....
4. there is a greater risk for white women in 3rd world countries - that was definately the case in Guatemala.
Living in a 3rd world country has it's challenges, and there will be adjustments. I would think with some of your kids, who have been thru hunger and deprivation, the idea of living in Africa maybe upsetting, it may bring up issues from the past or fears.
Just some thoughts,
gloria
ps. you know we loved our expierence in guatemala! :)

Oh I know

21:15, Sunday, December 9, 2007 .. Posted by starfishmama

things definitely would be different. The girls would share a room and the boys would share a room. Maybe if we're lucky, we'll have 4 rooms instead of three. We'll have a "regular" fridge, but right now, we have 3 LARGE fridges. The stove would be tiny compared to what I'm used to. I'm not unaware of what's involved and I did not mean to say that all of her fears are unfounded - I was just sharing what she's worried about, all reasonable. Some planes do crash, airplane food can be gross, we will be singled out for being white and for having such an unusual family . . . but it may be something we end up doing to get our girls home.