Tomorrow marks one week being in our new home. Quit a bit has been going on to keep us busy. On the way to site (our anniversary) we stayed a night in Essaouira and treated ourselves to a nice seafood dinner and deserts at a local patisserie. We spent most of last week unpacking and beginning the paperwork for our residence cards. I spent Sunday and Monday in Essaouira again for a work meeting while Ben stayed in site (for all the excitement!) Since arriving at our site, the grandmother of the family has been staying with us and we have been unsure why. During the night on Sunday, Ben was awoken by noises and talking from the next room…the next day our host family had a new baby girl. We knew that a baby was expected but we had no idea when and it was quite surprising! She gave birth in her bedroom with no major complications and the baby seems to be healthy. We’ve had visitors in and out for the past few days and have been eating lots of chickpeas but we’re unsure of their relevance. Next week we’ll get to be part of the naming ceremony which we’re not quite sure about but will know more about next week. Tomorrow is my first ‘real’ day at the health clinic, hopefully things will go smoothly. There isn’t much I can do there yet because of my limited language but it will be a good chance to practice speaking and for people to get used to my face. We will also start tutoring very soon so we’ll have a fairly ‘regular’ schedule. It’s so difficult to put life here into words. A few of us were talking over the weekend and it’s like an experience you can’t describe without seeing first hand. So just a reminder…if anyone wants first hand??? The most difficult part for me has been changing my American mindset of "find problems, fix problems." Things here don’t work that way. Right now it’s sip tea and chat and that’s harder said than done. I feel like it’s a great lesson to learn and will multiply my patience in the end. We don’t have any new pictures yet besides the mug shots we took for our IDs but we’ll get some soon, we’re planning a hike for the weekend. Pray that we’ll have patience.