Dear Family-
One of the neat things about living overseas is getting out and about to observe how daily life happens. A lot of the stuff we just take for granted is absent. You are hungry; where do you get food? Your car needs gas, where do you fill up? I could probably plop you down in any city in the US and you could solve each of those problems in a matter of minutes. When you are living somewhere that doesn't share your language or culture, it gets a lot harder. I have found that once you cross the barrier of being able to understand where to go for things, the rest is pretty easy. As an example, I had to go shopping for laundry detergent the other day. I went to the store and was able to find what I needed. I didn't find what I was looking for because I could read the language, I found it because I know what it looks like. After years of seeing the same old packaging, you automatically know what something is by seeing it. Neat, huh? (it is Tide by the way)
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