Our first full day in Ludwigshafen

Ruth -  today was our first full day in Ludwigshafen (LU) and it was really a very full day!  I observed the classes and participated as needed.  The two hour grammar class in the morning was very well attended.  There were people from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Morocco.  Fewer (6) came for the 1-3 p.m. conversation & writing class, which was just as well since we practiced the difficult task of writing formal letters.

At 5 p.m. was sewing time in the church basement, a very nice large room with tables and chairs and a nicely outfitted small kitchen, plus storage closets.  Only some Syrian men came and talked upstairs.  In the past some foreign women had attended.  The general consensus was that the Syrian women don’t leave the house after dark.  Two Syrian pre-teens came and explained it was too cold for their mother.  From the German church there were 3 teens, who helped all around as well as with childcare.  Greg’s family, our neighbors Ruthilde & Puran, the pastor Birgit Foth, as well as four other women from the church and one woman who saw the announcement in the paper and likes to quilt.
It was 8:30 p.m. by the time we found a restaurant.  I’m posting this from my IPad and can’t add any pics.  Tomorrow we’ll add pictures and Jack will tell about his day.

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