"Today, class, we will talk about adverbs."

This will not be a long post, but I wanted to let you all know that I have begun teaching English and have found it both challenging and rewarding. The students are very kind and bright. One of them, a Sudanese refugee invited me to his home for dinner last night. It was a lovely evening and the food was amazing. He has demanded that I frequent his home for dinner and fellowship. His name is Ez El-Deen. Please keep him and his family in your prayers, as they live here in Cairo with the challenges that inevitably face refugees. Hardship, though, does not stop his warm hospitality, and he offers it with a strong disdain for his guest's gratitude. I could not stop thanking him for the delicious food and his invitation to spend time with his beautiful family, but he told me to stop saying thank you. "Why do you say thank you? This is nothing. We are family."