my housemates and i have "adopted" a refugee family from kyrgyzstan. through catholic social services, we are being a support team to a mother/son family named khanifa and said, respectively. they were placed in alaska; we are trying to teach them english and introduce them to the alaskan/u.s. ways.

aren't they cute? the mother's a riot. :) [khanifa is in red; said is wearing the black beanie]