Living in a Multi-Cultural Community

We are surrounded by people from all over the world in our apartment complex! It has been an educational experience for me - learning about different cultures as I speak with our neighbors out on the quad. The layout of the complex is conducive to community and fellowship. Several buildings face a common grassy area -- which we call the quad. It's a large area with big trees for the kids to play and run around without the fear of traffic. The area is secured by a fence/gates. It's great for riding bikes! And the kids have made friends with children from Pakistan, Egypt, India, Korea, China, Turkey, Costa Rica, Taiwan and probably other places that I can't recall at the moment. Watching the children from all different backgrounds and races play together is a wonderful picture of God's design of creation - God created a colorful and diverse world! I'm thankful that my children are being exposed to children of other cultures. Here are a few pictures of the kids at play....Pictured above is our newest neighbor - Gung (I'm not sure if that is how he spells his name). He and his older sister Eugene moved in next door to us at the beginning of March. They came from Korea and neither of them spoke any English when they arrived -- besides "hello". What a challenge to communicate with them! But the neat thing about kids -- they don't need to talk to play together. They can still giggle and have a great time together without being able to communicate with words. Gung is about a month younger than Jacob. He has a goofy personality and loves to laugh!