Thursday, May 1, 2008

April 30, 2008

Today is Wednesday and tomorrow is Thursday May 1st. We’re pretty good aren’t we? We can count AND we know our days of week. Oh, you want it in Spanish? “Hoy es miercoles y manana (can’t do the ~ above the last n) va a ser Jueves. O, hoy es miercoles y manana (~ problema otra vez) es Jueves.” In Guatemala tomorrow is Labor Day which means no school. Yes, a day off from cramming more verbos into the head until it hurts – really bad.

Brad took his test for Grado B and passed. His reward? He got his books for Grado C. The highest Grado is Grado G. Don’t think that one will be reached. So, you’re thinking, “Wow, he is into his third level he must be getting pretty good at Spanish.”

Ok, here’s what passing the Grado B examen (Spanish again) means the best we can determine. It means if someone speaks very slowly, only uses the verbs Brad knows AND only uses those verbs in the two forms he knows(out of 14 different forms), he MIGHT be able to recognize them on his good days. However, the chances that he will actual understand what in world the person is talking about are extremely slim. Remind us again, who said Spanish was easy?????

1 comment:

Tom Clark said...

Congratulations, Brad. I am impressed whether it be B, C, or A. We miss you so much in our Wed group. You were also missed on Kairos 4 at Branchville. I suspect you have heard about it. The Spirit of God moved powerfully in spite of obstacles due to the lockdown etc. Our oldest son, Brian was on this team. He was blessed beyond measure. As were his proud parents. We send our love and blessings for you, Cindy(Lucy) and all you are loving on in Honduras.
YBIC
Tom C