Ha-ram! Ha-ram! (Having fun with the camera)

It's always interesting to see how people pronounce my name. I've heard "air-rum" and "are-rum" and "are-eee-um" and "airy-umm," but coming back home has reminded me of just what a huge variety there really is. Here I'm also "Ha-ram" or "Arram" or "Adama" or "Awa" or (my personal favorite) "Eowyn." I'm not really sure where that one came from. But I guess there are way too many vowels in Ahreum.

Diminga's the girl with the contorted face haha she always carries our Bibles and songbooks back to the house after the service, and loiters in our living room with the other girls. I think that she likes to be helpful, and it also gives her an excuse to hold our hand on the way back.

Sukunda's the one with the blue and yellow dress in teh front that likes to bring me things to eat all the time. She's also a gangster and likes to get into fights with AB (which she usually wins). They scuffle and wrestle on our living room floor, and sometimes my dad pits them against each other for fun haha. Lisa's the one in the red plaid sweater which she wears typically with the hood up, rain or shine, and she's a card fiend. You couldn't tell from the looks of her but she could probably take you down in a game of take two so be careful. June's hanging out in teh background with Charles (one of the new kids) and Mai's got a death-grip on my neck. Soraya's a new girl that's standing right next to her and she's cute as a button and she knows it.