Ten minutes ago I was lying in bed with the lights off attempting to fall asleep when my phone (which is also my alarm clock) beside my ear started vibrating and ringing. When a man started speaking to me in Spanish, I first thought it must be Cesar and was a little confused in general. Turned out it was Mom's cab driver who had made a wrong turn and was trying to figure out how to get to the South America Mission Guesthouse. I guess I explained it well enough because five minutes later he called back again (I think after he dropped her off) to ask me if Mom had wanted him to return to pick her up at 5:30 am or pm tomorrow! Glad he called. That sort of detail matters.

This is all good news for my progress in Spanish. I have never been so hot at talking on the phone in Spanish (heck, or English for that matter) and talking long distance about driving directions with someone I don't know had potential to be a real disaster!

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1. Anonymous on June 21, 2008 at 8:34 PM

   Hi! We run the SAM guesthouse in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. I was surfing the internet and came upon your blog. I enjoyed your most recent pictures. Please pass on our regards to Cesar and Grace. Tell them that we miss them. In Christ, Dan and Neva Abbott