Hello dear friends!
How are you our friends? How is everything with you all? Is this summer now in Canada? We all are doing great. We were in a break for the last two-and-a-half months and it is winter in our country now. A lot of rain and cold weather. We had a lot of activities during this break. We practiced reading and writing English, we practiced how to cook, and we read a lot of fictions and shared the ideas with each other.
Hamid, Addisu, Mohammed and Sisay are going to start learning how to drive a car. They are so excited about it, we hope they all pass the exam.
We all love to learn new and different languages, too. In our country there are a lot of languages and it is very different from one other. For example Arefiya can speck both Somali language and Amharic. We also learn a few Somali words from her. Most of us can speak Oromifa language. Why don’t we shear new language in this letter with its meaning so that we can have a chance to know a few new words? Let us start; How are you in Amharic is “Endeminachu” and in Oromifa “Akam.” We know you are having fun when you try to pronounce it but we know you are doing it right. Please send us some new word that you want us to learn in the next letter.
When our grandmother was here with us, we celebrate Canada Day. It was such an incredible day for all of us. We all wear our t-shirts, we have a tattoo in our face and hands. Our shelter was decorated. We had burger, fried potato, with soft drinks. We play a lot of games. It was a wonderful day for all of as. What we learn about Canada day is to be together and to have a great time with each other by complimenting one another. When we think about this day we all remember your kindness and love for us. So Canada day for us is togetherness and supporting day. And we love to celebrate it every year with our grandmother and with you all. Our father Tesfa told us that it took you a lot time and work finding for all of us t-shirts, we really appreciates all of you and want to say thank you for everything.
In our country there is a lot of manner that every age group should have and expected from all of us. Like when someone who is older than us is standing we offer them our chair, we will make them to be first, when they are talking we don’t interrupt them and responding politely. The most valuable lesion we learn from you is saying please and thank you. This are a very positive approaches and excellent manners. Even if a lot of our people don’t use them in a daily bases our father taught us to say please, sorry and thank you frequently. The other thing we learn from you is how to share and support others in need. We learn this manner from our
father, from our grandmother, from you our friends and from Kal. Sharing is very important for us we share our time, our shelter and our love with each other and with others who are in need. We also volunteer in our community by supporting street children. Please send us additional manners you think it is important for us to learn and practice it in our life.
We all love writing and reading letters for you. Stay safe and have a great summer with your family.
We love you.