Homeschooling Around the World

Apr. 5, 2008

The King Meets with the Vatican

My friends told me on the bus to the grocery store on Wed. that King Abdullah met with the Vatican to arrange for there to be three churches built here in Saudi. That is really something. There will be one in Jeddah,one in Riyadh, and one in the Eastern Province. The kids are so excited. They want to help build one. If we are here, we will. This is just another sign that things are changing here. Things move very slowly here, but at least the future looks brighter here. In the UAE, they started out with Catholic churches and now there are churches all over that country.

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Apr. 5, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by proverbsmama

That would be so neat to see churches rising up all over SA!

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Apr. 5, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by GraceElizabeth

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed my blog.

I see you live in Saudi Arabia! How interesting! It must be an entirely different lifestyle. Eastern countries are facinating to study, since there is such a culture gap. Someday I would love to travel and see all the continents first-hand!

~Grace

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Apr. 5, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Starlady

Thanks for stopping by my blog. :)

Your blog is really interesting. Do you mind if I add you as a friend so I can check back in?

What a childhood your boys are experiencing. :)

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Apr. 5, 2008 - hey

Posted by YahwehISAlmighty

It's a lot of fun !!!

That's really cool that you travel around the world!!!!!!
And that is really great that they are going to build some church's around you!!! What do you think me that King want to build some church's? And cool you live in a country that has King.

Thank you for leaving a comment on my blog

Rachel

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Apr. 10, 2008 - Hi There,

Posted by Sherena

you posted a comment on my site, which, by the way is rather boring after reading about your adventures! But though it quite appropriate at the moment as we are currently studying the Middle East and just this morning we were reading about Saudi Arabia from 'The Window on the World' book. And heres your comment leading me to a first hand (interactive even!!) account of whats happening there now.

The bit we did read this morning mentioned that Christian religions were frowned upon, so reading about the churches being build is great!!

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About Me

Our family has been travelling around the world for many years. We've been to Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bahrain, and now we're in Saudi Arabia. My husband works for a university. It gives us a wonderful opportunity to teach our children all about the different kinds of people in God's world. We enjoy learning about different cultures, archeology, language, and architecture. Our four boys (4,6,8,10) love exploring every nick and cranny on God's green and sandy Earth!!