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Maryam threw open the door, waving my five-year-old daughter and me into a colorful, loud room, covered women and laughing children everywhere, with tables piled high with all kinds of Iraqi specialty dishes. \u201cYou are my special guests! Come meet all my friends. Here is little Kashka, who is your Savannah\u2019s age.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maryam grasped Savannah\u2019s cheeks with both hands, kissed her forehead with a happy smack, and waved to a table filled with cake and sweets. She touched my left cheek with her right cheek, and then the other side, and back for a third time, to show she considered me a close friend. \u201cAnd you must eat and get fatter. You are too thin. Are you ill?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAssalam alay cum,<\/em> peace to you, my friend!,\u201d I replied. \u201cI am honored to be included. You are 50 years old! Look at this beautiful home for your family here in America. Mashallah<\/em>, God has blessed you so much.\u201d I remembered this family\u2019s tragedy\u2013fleeing their country after the opposition kidnapped and then released Maryam\u2019s husband, how they had lost all the hotels he owned, how, along with their two young daughters, they had escaped with only the clothes on their back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I steered Savannah to the food table, held her hand tight, and bent down with my face close to hers. \u201cLook! This green salad is taboola. Can you say that? Tah-boo-lah. It\u2019s my favorite. And this is biryani. Do you remember when Maryam brought it to our house? It has chicken, rice, and remember you liked the raisins? You can just taste a little bit of everything, and we\u2019ll ask how Maryam made it. If you don\u2019t like it, I\u2019ll eat it, okay? It\u2019ll be our secret.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the backyard, twinkly lights criss crossed above a circle of folding chairs filled with women in colorful long dresses and scarves. They laughed and puffed on ornate hookahs, smoking machines that looked like a cross between a bagpipe and a clarinet. I squished into an empty chair and pulled Savannah onto my lap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waving the hookah smoke away, I leaned in close, \u201cI know it\u2019s kind of crowded, and different for you, with everyone wanting to touch your hair, and lots of loud music, and people speaking a language you don\u2019t know. But I\u2019m so proud of you for coming with me. It means a lot to Maryam for us to celebrate her 50th<\/sup> birthday. And look, we\u2019re the only followers of Jesus invited to her party. Everybody else is Muslim. Isn\u2019t that special? So it\u2019s worth it, to be a little uncomfortable. Besides, you\u2019re going to make a lot of new friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A beautiful woman with bangles, a high ponytail, and a bare tummy interrupted us, pulling Savannah to her feet with both hands. \u201cAh, habibti<\/em>, sweet little girl! I look like Jasmine in Aladdin, don\u2019t I? Have you ever belly-danced? I\u2019ll teach you!\u201d The music grew louder. The woman swayed to the rhythmic beat, her bangles and outstretched hands hypnotizing. The other women set down their hookahs to clap and sing, some of them jumping up to join in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Savannah warmed up to her favorite Disney character and started shaking her hips to the delight of all the women, who then plied her with candies, cake, and little presents they brought for the children. My daughter danced the night away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few hours later, she stumbled back into my arms, her eyes heavy with sleep and a sugar hangover. I pulled out her night-time blankie that I\u2019d tucked into my purse and sang a little lullaby, rocking her to sleep under the night stars so I could keep talking with Maryam and a few new friends. We ended the evening with Maryam blowing out candles on a lavish cake while everyone clapped and yelled \u201cla-la-y’all-lal\u201d at the top of their lungs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Savannah breathed heavy in my arms, unaware that she had spent a whole evening practicing important traits present in most people who can adjust easily to someone else\u2019s culture\u2013a sense of wonder and curiosity, openness to other people\u2019s ideas, a truth center, willingness to surrender our own desires for a bigger cause, a sense of urgency for those who don\u2019t yet know Jesus Christ, the ability to be uncomfortable, experience with delayed gratification, and dogged perseverance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As parents, we can encourage, develop\u2014I would even call it bake<\/em>\u2014these traits into the growing up years of our children. It all starts with including our children in our cross-cultural experiences as we welcome the nations right across the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn More About Welcoming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Check out how another family modeled welcoming<\/a> for their children.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Read Jeannie Marie\u2019s book, Across the Street and Around the World<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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