The police came by today. We are getting to know them a little. Usually they come by wanting money and we all try to hide from them so we don’t have to deal with them. Today Brad saw them just standing outside the team house and so he went and asked them if they would like a coke. We’ve given them cokes before and they always appreciate them. They are always very nice and polite when they drop by. They wanted a coke so while he was getting the drinks from the house Cindy came out and was talking with them. She asked if they would like some medicine and so they said yes. Cindy got them some vitamins for themselves and for their children. We continued to chit-chat and eventually decided it was time for us to go. Cindy asks them if they need money for gas for their truck. Surprisingly they say “no.”
We continue to talk with them and they say something that sounds similar to the word for run. But then they use the same word along with morning and night. Ah, they are telling us they patrol around Faith Home in the morning and the night. We thank them for doing the patrols and tell them that’s great.
Later that evening one of our teammates calls us and wants to know who gave the police permission to jog around our campus because all four of them are out running around our campus. Woops! That communication language barrier has reared its ugly head again.
Apparently the word they were using for “run” was the word for run. They were asking we would let them using our campus for them to run around in the morning and the evening. It looks like we said “yes.” So, at least for a few days, the police will be using our campus to train in the mornings and the evenings.
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