Monday, September 25, 2006

Still Learning

While walking into town one day I had this conversation with a gentleman:

ME: Good Morning
MAN: Good Morning
ME: How are you this morning
MAN: Fine. And You?
ME: Great
MAN: When can you come by my house and visit me?
ME: Oh, about a month ago.
MAN: That's nice, but when can you come by and visit me?
ME: Oh sorry, about a year and a half?
MAN: Yes, but when can you come by and see me?
ME: I get it. About four years and then we go back for another stay
MAN: [Looks at me with great sympathy the way one might look upon a wounded animal]
ME: I'm sorry I'm still not understanding your question. Could you repeat it slowly?
MAN: When Can You Come By My House And Visit Me ?
ME: I'm so sorry. I'm still working on my Guarani. I'll be by your house next week.
MAN: Great! We'll see each other later
ME: Yes. We'll talk later

I am so glad that grace abounds to me both on the part of Our Loving
Father and on the part of my Paraguayan friends.