first visit

I had my first visit "holiday" visit tonight. We have all been kind of sick for the last week and a half or so, and then Ayden ran fever the last three days, so we have had some long days, but everyone was better today so we were able to get out more. Usually you visit people from 4 to 6 in the afternoon, but not this month. My visit tonight started at 9pm. Way to late for me, by 10pm I realized that my Arabic was getting worse and since it is not that good to start with, I was really struggling. The girls were hanging in there, but I could tell they were ready to go to. So now they are all in bed and it is about 10:30pm and Kirk is still out. The men here (and the women) will be up most if not all night. They break fast with a big meal and then have another big meal around 3 or 3:30am before prayer and the fast starts again. Kirk won't stay out that late but he still might be awhile. The younger guys that live around us are all outside playing cards so thats what Kirk is doing tonight. It is a little crazy, until about midnight or 1:00 (maybe even later) you can hear the kids all out on the street playing and popping fireworks. And you will see women out after midnight, where the rest of the year, you hardly see women after dark. It has been an interesting time and I'm sure will get even more interesting as the month goes on.