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Old 03-19-2008, 05:08 PM
 
Location: Southeast Missouri
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STLtoday - From Kabul to Fulton (http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/education/story/A6B731A1DF16C74F86257411000EF6A0?OpenDocument - broken link)

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From Kabul to Fulton
[LEFT]By Kavita Kumar
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH[/LEFT]
03/19/2008
[LEFT]
[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."
Heartwarming story. [/LEFT]
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