Thoughts From Guatemala (continued)

There is a limit to the amount of words on each post so that is why I had to skip to a seperate blog.

I have found out that many limitations exist when you are in a country where the language is not English. Not only is that true from a standpoint of religious discussion, but everyday activities. I can see why those who preach in other nations would have great hinderances if they do not speak the language.

But from a general standpoint the problems just keep on coming. Today I went to a electronics store, and there was not one person who I could speak to in English. Needless to say I did not buy anything even if they could give me a price in US dollars. We had a knock on our hotel door, and there was a man with a note pad, and asking me something, but he did not speak English. Try to solve that problem. Just after he left Kimberly came back to the room, and she caught up with him to find out what he wanted. He wanted us to keep our door closed. I don't know if someone had seen our door open sometime, or if it showed up on their security system. A couple of times Anthony, Elli and I were rolling a little cloth ball in the hallway and kept the door ajar, not open, so we could get back in the room without the key card. It is sometimes hard to keep children entertained in a hotel room. I might add that we were not disturbing anyone, but we changed our ball playing place anyway. Then there is the problem of ordering meals. Most of the eating establishments do not have English speaking servers. Kimberly does the ordering, and with her limited Spanish, we sometimes don't get what we thought we ordered, or get to much of it. So can you imagine trying to have a Bible discussion (which is difficult to do in English with many people who speak it) with someone who does not speak a language you understand. Now I really know what speaking in tongues is. Well, I near the word limit again, so more later.