One thing that I have missed from living in Bellflower is the great cultural diversity that surrounded us! Living in Savoonga, we are exposed to the Yupik culture which is wonderful and I love learning about their rich history and way of life, but living in Savoonga, one is exposed to the native people who live here and to the white teachers and that's about it for cultural diversity. We recently had a group stay with us for 3 weeks. One of the women was Bolivian and we had fun speaking (or at least trying to speak) Spanish with her. It had been awhile since we had heard Spanish on a daily basis.
Today, we were walking home from the store when a little girl (4 yrs old?) came up to us asking, "Which one is Logan?" We told her and Jacob said, "What is your name?" No response. "I forgot. What is your name?" No response. Very slowly, "What is your name?" No response. Not knowing how to ask in Yupik, Jacob tried another route, "Que es tu nombre?" She quickly replied, "Bonita!" It was quite hilarious for this little Yupik girl, who speaks only Yupik and English, to respond to a question in Spanish with her beautiful answer!
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