1) Any car with a taxi sign is a taxi. These signs can be put up on the dashboard at any moment and taken down at any moment too.
2) Taxi drivers thank you for coming to their country as missionaries, even if they don't agree with your theology.
3) Chicken from the local shop is sold by the kilo, including the bones and innards and feet, which are placed separately into the bag, even if you don't want them.
4) Chicken soups comes with legs, hearts, and other unknown entities floating in it. (Do they put them in because they're given them, or are you given them to make the soup???)
Second the language is different, obviously. However sometimes we can understand something 100%, and still have language difficulties. For example last night I (Mark) was talking to our friend Esther about someone who had a ‘blindspot’ for someone else, and was trying to explain this. In my ignorance I forgot that the idiom 'blindspot' may not exist in Spanish, and after explaining it to Esther, (miming being in a car and looking in the mirrors!) she still had no idea what I was talking about. This morning I recounted this story to Anna, who then told me that Esther was very unlikely to understand as she didn’t drive! Oops.
Finally, on a personal note, despite no officially doing any ministry before Christmas whilst we taken the time to observe and adapt to the culture here, we have still been asked to do some inner healing sessions and marriage prep with a young couple getting married in November. In addition I have been asked to help our friend Alfredo interview prospective head teachers for the new school he is starting in Ventanilla! (When I say start, I mean, build, plan, sort out a syllabus, employ teachers, advertise...- he has only just got the land at the moment, but hopes to start classes next year!) Life here is never dull! Should I go for strict yet fair, super-friendly, or Mrs Trunchbull?!
Finally, on a personal note, despite no officially doing any ministry before Christmas whilst we taken the time to observe and adapt to the culture here, we have still been asked to do some inner healing sessions and marriage prep with a young couple getting married in November. In addition I have been asked to help our friend Alfredo interview prospective head teachers for the new school he is starting in Ventanilla! (When I say start, I mean, build, plan, sort out a syllabus, employ teachers, advertise...- he has only just got the land at the moment, but hopes to start classes next year!) Life here is never dull! Should I go for strict yet fair, super-friendly, or Mrs Trunchbull?!
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