For the past few weeks, our family has begun to learn a second language together. About 3 years or more ago, we ordered the Swahili Rosetta Stone software because we had been to Tanzania twice and were praying about moving there to minister for 2-3 years.
Since God's timing is not for us to be in Africa right now...we just sort of forgot about learning Swahili. But, now is the time! We have had a BLAST together learning as a family. The girls are doing amazing and they remember so much.
We introduce the lesson all together one evening and take turns answering the questions. It is total immersion, so there is not ANY English at all. You have to figure everything out. But, it works! We are trying to work on it a little each day with the girls and then moving on to a new lesson each week. We really want to get it and not just fly through it!
We've had an awesome time together learning this language. And since we homeschool...we can pick any language we want to learn! Africa has always been such a huge part of our lives over the past 7 years...so Swahili just makes sense for us...and it's just a really cool language too.
Here is a little preview of what the girls are learning:
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