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03-19-2008, 06:08 PM
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STL for Blues and Cards. I live in Southeast MO.
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southeast Missouri
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From Kabul to Fulton
STLtoday - From Kabul to Fulton
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From Kabul to Fulton
03/19/2008
[SIZE=1]MARCH 12 2008- "She's just so smart," said Dr. George B. "Barney" Forsythe who helps Lima Sherzad,4, write her name in English after dinner in the Forsythe home in Fulton. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1](Laurie Skrivan/P-D)[/SIZE]
FULTON, MO. — Returning home after an overnight business trip to Dallas and a long day in his new job as president of Westminster College, George "Barney" Forsythe is greeted by 4-year-old Lima and 3-year-old Bahir as soon as he pulls into the garage.
"How was maktab?" he asks them excitedly, using the Dari word for "school" on a recent evening. They cling to his legs playfully as they smile and shrug shyly, not yet able to respond in English.
To them, Forsythe has become "kaka" — or "uncle" — and his wife, Jane, is now "khala" — or "aunt."
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Heartwarming story.
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