Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Getting Acculturated


Recently, a young couple arrived at the University to teach full-time. Seyeuon is Korean and holds the Ph.D. in Nursing; Arun is from India, and holds the M.Div. degree. They met in Nairobi, Kenya where he was raised and she was serving as a missionary nurse. A lovely couple, whom we really like, they have a four-year old son, Sanjo, who is quite a rambunctious kid (I enjoy playing with him; he likes me).

Arun told us this past week, “You folk are the most acculturated to Africa of all the expats here.” We were surprised to hear that, because quite honestly: the more we learn, the more we know we have yet to learn.

We learn something new every day. But there are still many things that remain a total mystery to us.



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