Nov 14th by Kay Hines

Nov. 14

Overheard by Kay Hines---

Some of the girls and I were sitting inside a vehicle as the lady who was getting ready to transport us was shutting the hatchback to her SUV and said – “Watch your hands!”
Esperanza who knows quite a bit of English spoke right up saying – “ Did you hear what she said? She said for you to watch your hands – that means that you are supposed to look and look at your hands but that is not what they mean when they say that. What they mean is that you are supposed to be careful of where your hands are at that moment. You don’t have to sit and look at your hands but that is what they are saying.”


As told by Mike Eckler of Richmond, KY ----

Mike was trying to teach the girls some good old KY redneck terms of speech. He was speaking to Carol one day and was explaining that after speaking to a friend he often says, “Appreciate you buddy!” Upon hearing this, Carol stepped back and was no longer smiling and Mike asked what the problem was. After much discussion it was discovered that Carol had thought he said, “Appreciate your body!” Carol had responded appropriately.

Mike has also tried to explain the term – “Get ‘er done”. Good luck, Mike. Although the girls are hard workers, that one might be difficult to explain.


How tired are we?????----

A few days ago Paul Sanders, the Director at Prince of Peace, was to meet several men for breakfast early one morning. He was eating breakfast at Cracker Barrell when his wife, Lana called. She had gotten up to start her day and put on her glasses only to realize immediately that they were Paul’s glasses and sat lopsidedly on her face. Paul had her nicely appointed glasses on but hadn’t realized it yet. Thankfully their prescriptions are similar and no harm was done except that Lana was getting a headache before Paul returned with her glasses.


What has been your biggest surprise here in America?-----

Several girls were asked this question and all replied with the same answer.
“The most surprising thing here is the way all of the people who do not know us open their homes to us and are so very kind and generous to us. This wouldn’t happen in Guatemala.”









Another surprise-----

Last evening we had a cookout at Chris and Gracie Hager’s home. Everyone trekked out to the barn in the back of the property and a bonfire was built and hot dogs and smore’s were enjoyed by everyone. Later in the evening, one of the girls had to go the restroom and I explained to her and the Tia Liset how to walk back up to the house and into the back door. Later they told me this story. Not realizing that Chris had winterized the backyard pool which includes covering it with a canvas type material, they had began to walk over it and soon realized their mistake. Now we know that at least one of them can walk on water!

Reina Elizabeth told me this story----

I was going home with a family who had some teenaged children. These children were tired and decided to rest their heads on the way to their house. The older son raised the neck rest for himself and his girlfriend and kindly did so for me also. I was so embarrassed when I tried to lean back only to find that my head didn’t reach the back of the seat much less up to where the head rest was. Guatemalans are so short! I didn’t like it. They were comfortable and my head couldn’t reach the head rest!